MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2005 Jan 22

Observer(s): eve armstrong
Institution(s): columbia

Instrument: templeton / direct

Worked for 2 hours (part of the night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   High Humidity all night.
   Beg: Seeing 1.4 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm
   Mid: Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm
   End: Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Started on time amid clouds; ended 2 hours later due to humidity.
Real shame - seeing was great!

Bob - a little trouble with the n2 tank.  Yesterday (Friday) 
I asked Tony to teach me to repressurize it, since I
didn't remember how.  But he assured me that it was fully 
pressurized as of that afternoon.

But this evening it was filling for about 10-15 minutes (still 
not spilling out) when I gave up and turned it off.  Did a
 UT  in ccdcom: -94.9, as it should be.  And now (12am Sunday)
it's still -94.9.

Okay.  If it needs repressurizing, I won't do it because I don't 
remember how (but I'm happy to follow directions.)  I'll keep
checking the temp; if it starts diving, and filling doesn't help,
 I'll call up and bother somebody.

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Submitted on 2005 Jan 23 [0:13:18]