MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2006 Jun 15

Observer(s): G. Tiede, C. Bunner
Institution(s): Bowling Green State University

Instrument: TIFKAM

Worked for 8 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 1.4 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   End: Seeing 1.9 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Photometric night with variable seeing and winds.  
Minor wind shake with winds around 15 mph was eliminated 
by closing the double doors.

We calculated the plate scale of TIFKAM with the F/7.5 
camera to be 0.383 +- 0.001 arcsec/pixel based on
a DSS based celestial coordinate fit to one of our
more populated frames.

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Submitted on 2006 Jun 16 [13:38:17]