MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2007 Apr 22

Observer(s): J. Bird & L. Watson
Institution(s): OSU

Instrument: CCDS

Worked for 8.5 hours (all night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.0 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Clear, Winds High, gusts up to 27mph
   End: Seeing 1.3 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

We observed seven AGNs and two standard stars.  We encountered 
problems with the actual dome azimuth not agreeing with the dome
azimuth displayed on the tcs monitor, even after we reset the dome
azimuth encoders multiple times.  In addition, we had a power
surge or outage that caused the telescope to stop tracking.  See
the trouble report for more details on both these topics.

We started out the night with patchy cirrus throughout the sky, we 
think it became pretty clear in the middle of the night, but by 
the end there were clouds again, especially in the east.

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Submitted on 2007 Apr 23 [5:36:01]