MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2009 Mar 07

Observer(s): John Thorstensen
Institution(s): Dartmouth

Instrument: templeton CCD direct

Worked for 6 hours (first half of the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds from 1:30 until end.
   Beg: Seeing 2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 2 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing ? arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:


Again, ran time series on the 1.3m while also using the 2.4m.

Good (near photometric) until about 1:30 AM, when substantial
high cloud arrived from the SW.  Because unattended operation
depends on good conditions, I closed at that point.

Once again the HA drive chattered loudly on startup, but following
Bob's practice I punched the software paddle E, and that seemed
to make it stop.   No blown fuses this time, so this fix 
looks to have worked.

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Submitted on 2009 Mar 8 [5:35:50]