MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2007 Apr 28

Observer(s): Tobin and Bird
Institution(s): Michigan and Ohio State

Instrument: CCDS

Worked for 4.5 hours (part of the night)
Conditions were Overcast most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds from 6:30 until 5:00.
   Beg: Seeing 1.4 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 1.8 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Moderate
   End: Overcast, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

Overcast skies at star of the night, didn't open until 10:30pm. 
We conducted observations from this time until about 3:30 am when 
were forced to close due to threatening clouds. It began to rain
shortly after shutting down. We were able to observe 1 standard 
star and 3 targets fully, and one target with intermittent cloud 
cover. Also at one time the dome error jumped from ~1 to 21 while 
shifting dome left.

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Submitted on 2007 Apr 29 [4:39:32]