MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2004 May 02

Observer(s): J. Chaname
Institution(s): OSU

Instrument: Direct / Templeton

Worked for 9.5 hours (all night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.8 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 2.0 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 2.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

OK night.  Seeing was variable, between 1.5 and 2.5 arcsec.
CCDCOM crashed twice during the night claiming some 
 segmentation error ...not very enlightning message.  
Restarted ccdcom following instructions in manual.
Maybe half an hour lost to that.
All in all, pretty good run.  Finished about 90-95% of 
program stars.  Thanks a lot to all the staff!!

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Submitted on 2004 May 3 [6:26:12]