MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2011 Feb 03

Observer(s): Fesen
Institution(s): Dartmouth

Instrument: 4K camera

Worked for 11 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 2-3 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   End: Seeing 2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

Seeing started out bad but became quite good later. It was windy but
not an issue. Only had the telescope stall out twice last night
and finished working well at the end. The problem from last night might have
been due to the exceptionally cold temperature last night.
Anyway, obtained good image data but found the 4k camera has 
noticeable reflections...bright stars have fainter version on
opposite side of the ccd. The reflections look real and can
be mistaken for real stars.

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Submitted on 2011 Feb 4 [6:13:33]