MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2001 Nov 27

Observer(s): Chris Gerardy
Institution(s): Dartmouth

Instrument: TIFKAM

Worked for 12 hours (all night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds all night.
   Beg: Seeing 1.4 J arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 2.2 K arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   End: Seeing 1.4 J arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

Had a bunch of clouds pass through at the beginning of the night,
and the seeing was pretty bad most of the night.  I continued 
to have trouble with the TIFKAM prefilter wheel getting stuck.
Also, the IC computer crashed twice tonight in the middle of a 
readout during movie mode.  (see trouble report)

Obs: H2 imaging of SNRs, JHK imaging of RXJ2329+06, K imaging of
SN 1999Z

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Submitted on 2001 Nov 28 [5:48:23]