MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2005 Apr 17

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 1.7 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 2.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   End: Seeing 2.2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

Continuation of an optical imaging follow-up of the Sauron sample of
early-type galaxies. Tonight was again essentially perfect,
photometric from beginning to end, but unfortunately gusty wind during
the last 2/3 of the night resulted in many  trailed  images. Even
though the wind speed was not very high, we had no freedom to select
our targets and so much of the data we got is marginal. For the same
reason, we also never got really decent seeing. Tonight was  extra  data
though, so not too much harm done...

No technical problem to report tonight, and many thanks to Bob, Paul
and Tony for their support this week.

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Submitted on 2005 Apr 18 [4:31:29]