MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2002 Aug 30

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

Instrument: CCDS

Worked for 8 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Had some startup problems with the CCDS compyters but got that
cleared up before dark. The ISIT TV aquistion system seems
relatively insensitive in that I can't see the slit on
the dark sky. I can...but only weakly...after the moon comes
up. I have turned the gain full up but can't see stars much
below 16th mag. Otherwise, the CCDS is working OK.

Last two hours were not photometric...clouds showed up.

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Submitted on 2002 Aug 31 [18:23:38]