MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2025 Feb 04

Observer(s): David Schiminovich, Nathan Bush, Meghna Sitaram
Institution(s): Columbia, JPL

Instrument: MDM test camera (CIS 120)

Worked for 10 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Cirrus, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Clear, Winds Moderate
   End: Clear, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

Second night of observations with CMOS test camera (see previous night).
First test with pumped dewar and cryocooler.  Worked well and reached dark currents
below read noise in ~1-minute exposures. Observations include stars+exo transit, nebulae and star cluster calibration targets
in UBVRI and H-alpha filters.   

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Submitted on 2025 Feb 5 [13:15:41]