MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2008 Dec 30

Observer(s): Schroeder
Institution(s): Columbia

Instrument: CCDS

Worked for 13 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.3 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.3 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 1.0 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

I could not get flats. There are so many light leaks in the telescope
and instrument that we really need to wrap the entire telescope in blankets
in order to get dome flats. And our flat lamp does not generate enough counts
in the blue. However, there was not enough time to get the flats I need since it takes
half an hour to get one exposure and we need about ten exposures. A blue
flat lamp would be nice.

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Submitted on 2008 Dec 31 [5:12:28]