MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2003 Dec 17

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 1.6 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.6 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.8 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Clear, calm, great night.  Time series photometry of cataclysmic
variables.

Kilauea suddenly crashed and restarted itself around 4am.  It did
that two nights ago as well.  Just 5 minutes of annoyance, but 
since it's happened twice, I'm worried it might again.  
Any idea what's bothering it?  (Tonight just before it crashed,
 I had stopped integrations and cleared the chip.  Two nights 
ago, it crashed during integrations, and prior to that I hadn't
 touched it for about 10 minutes.)

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Submitted on 2003 Dec 18 [5:06:41]