MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2003 Dec 16

Observer(s): armstrong
Institution(s): columbia

Instrument: templeton/direct

Worked for 13.5 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 4.2 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 3.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 2.2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

A functioning telescope and calm weather made for some good luck 
tonight!  Brief ccd trouble in beginning of night; camera stopped
 responding.  Just clicked it on and off a few times, and it was
 fine after that.  seeing still not so great.

(last night's poor image quality was due to a broken shutter;
slew failure due to a loosened pin.)

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Submitted on 2003 Dec 17 [6:27:20]