MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2006 Apr 25

Observer(s): Andrew Fleming
Institution(s): Columbia University

Instrument: Templeton/Direct

Worked for 9.5 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 1.7 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.4 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Around 12:15am I started getting in the ccdcom window the message:

ccd_aread timed out
Error encountered in asynchronus read
Failed, return code = 65536

It happened several times, more and more frequently.  Then it suddenly stopped happening around 12:45.

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Submitted on 2006 Apr 26 [5:08:54]