MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2010 Sep 09

Observer(s): Dietrich
Institution(s): OSU

Instrument: CCDS

Worked for 9.5 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 1.8 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   End: Seeing 1.0 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

The entire night could be used and 6 targets of the current AGN
monitoring campaign have been observed, as well as 3 standard
stars. During the first half of the night the observations were
a little trouble by the wind which caused some shaking of the 
telescope. The only problem this night was the auto-guider. 
After a few successful cycles, the guide probe started to 
oscillate in RA and the guide star was finally thrown out of 
the guide box by 10 to 15 arcsec. The target was also moved out
of the slit and needed to be re-centered. This problem was 
present over the entire night, independent from the impact of
wind. Hence, I was guiding the good old fashioned way. Since 
the telescope tracking was working very well and only minor 
corrections is RA and Dec were necessary. 

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Submitted on 2010 Sep 10 [5:43:41]