MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2002 Aug 27

Observer(s): Jules Halpern
Institution(s): Columbia U.

Instrument: Echelle CCD Direct, 4in filters

Worked for 9 hours (all night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Continued observations of GRB field and EGRET source fields.

At beginning of the night, CCD controller returned error type
-4.  Had to reset power supply, as well as fiber optic interface
box to restore communication.

Non-photometric all night.  Dense clouds came in rapidly at
4:30 AM, at which time I closed up.


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Submitted on 2002 Aug 28 [4:49:06]