MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2008 Apr 01

Observer(s): Denney & Watson
Institution(s): OSU

Instrument: CCDS

Worked for 9 hours (all night)
Conditions were Overcast most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds all night.
   Beg: Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm
   Mid: Overcast, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Overcast, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Tonight was a pretty lousy night.  I don't think any of the
observations we took were actually science quality, but we
felt bad not opening at all because we could see some stars.
We just decided to sit on a couple objects for a really long time,
not that it did us much good - we kept losing guiding, and 
really didn't end up with much.  Finally decided it was a lost 
cause and closed at about 4am.

We did encounter the same problem with CCDOPS, in that it locked
up, and we had to cycle power on the CCD and restart the computer
because otherwise the software wouldn't close itself.  We also
had a minor problem with communication between the IC and CCDS
that was quickly solved by typing 'seqinit' on the IC keyboard.
(This all located in trouble report as well.)  Once I get back
to OSU, I'll talk to Rick Pogge and possibly Jen Marshall to 
see if they have any ideas about the Acquisition Camera issues
we've been having.

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Submitted on 2008 Apr 2 [4:27:36]