MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2009 Feb 25

Observer(s): Laura Ingleby & Thomas Brink
Institution(s): University of Michigan

Instrument: 4K

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

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

Problems with wind shake in the first half of the night prevented
us from observing our desired targets.  In the middle of the night
we experienced an odd periodic shaking of the telescope NOT due to 
wind. At the end of the night the tracking spontaneously failed.  
See trouble report for details.

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Submitted on 2009 Feb 26 [6:52:47]