MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2005 Jun 07

Observer(s): Burgasser & schmidt
Institution(s): AMNH/Barnard/Columbia

Instrument: CCD

Worked for 9 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   End: Seeing 2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

weather was decent and seeing ok to poor (1.5-2 )  we had some issues with the
stability of long exposure (600-900s) images at high north (>70) and south (<-10) declinations, the
stars appeared to be  double  or very extended, as if there was a wobble in the 
guiding mechanism (we verified focus was not the problem).  the  north  button on the control
box in the control room gets easily stuck and not easily unstuck.  otherwise ok.

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Submitted on 2005 Jun 8 [5:07:14]