MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2005 Jan 15

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

Instrument: templeton / direct

Worked for 9 hours (most of the night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.3 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.6 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Trouble with dome in the beginning.  When power was on, dome began
turning and would not stop.  Finally realized that the dome button
on the telescope's hand paddle was stuck on.  Unstuck it --> problem solved.

Long clear night after that.

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Submitted on 2005 Jan 16 [5:24:08]