MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2017 Aug 16

Observer(s): D. Bord, N. Vowell, E. Aufdemberge
Institution(s): UM-Dearborn

Instrument: Andor CCD (Direct Imaging)

Worked for 7 hours (most of the night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Clear, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

After completing first night initialization processes (telescope
and guider focusing, establishing auto-guiding, defining Andor
camera settings, etc), primary target, V404 Cyg, was observed 
throughout the night using an R filter produce data cubes 
containing nearly six dozen frames.  Data acquisition was 
discontinued when target reached HA = +3.3 hours. Telescope and
instrumentation systems functioned normally.


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Submitted on 2017 Aug 17 [4:54:18]