MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2005 Apr 14

Observer(s): Martin Bureau, Bettina Gerken
Institution(s): Oxford University

Instrument: Direct Imaging, f/7.6, echelle

Worked for 09:30 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 2.0 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.8 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.4 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Continuation of an optical imaging follow-up of the Sauron sample of
early-type galaxies. The entire night was essentially perfect, photometric
from beginning to end. The seeing was average but again we did bother
with it too much, as our main goal was to obtain short photometric
exposures of all our remaining uncalibrated targets. We achieved this
essentially completely, so that all our data can now be calibrated. This
is a huge step which will allow us to bring closure to the Spring part
of our survey. What a relief!

No technical problem whatsoever to report, although did have problem
with wind shakes early on, when pointing more or less against the wind
in the North-West (no choice!).

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Submitted on 2005 Apr 15 [7:25:33]