MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2007 Mar 01

Observer(s): Markus Boettcher
Institution(s): Ohio University

Instrument: Templeton

Worked for 12 hours (all night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.7 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 2.5 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.7 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Occasional, light cirrus cloud cover; otherwise good
observing conditions.

During the first half of the night, there was an unusual
number of  asynchronous access  errors as well as several
instances in which the camera was not responding to TCS
commands (shutter not opening, could not clear the CCD,
etc.). After manually opening/closing the shutter several
times and reloading the camera control software and re-
initializing the utility control, the problems were
resolved.

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Submitted on 2007 Mar 2 [6:45:46]