MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2010 Jun 17

Observer(s): Jules Halpern
Institution(s): Columbia U.

Instrument: Nellie Direct

Worked for 9 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 1.4 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.6 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 1.3 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Same issues with decl. tracking/guiding as before.
Richard Treffers ran the telescope remotely during
the day and saw some of the problem.
Increasing the decl. integral gain at night per instructions
from RT didn't seem to help.

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Submitted on 2010 Jun 18 [5:03:45]