MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2003 Dec 15

Observer(s): Rebecca Billmeier, Judy Yu
Institution(s): University of Michigan

Instrument: MDM 8K CCD

Worked for 10 hours (most of the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   High Winds all night.
   Beg: Seeing 1 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing >1 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Moderate
   End: Seeing >1 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Had to reboot the power supply for the CCD's as pon didn't work
properly (Bob walked us through this).  Later the autoguider
camera pc froze up so we had to reboot this computer (after 
checking with Bob).  This happened again later in the night and
we rebooted the pc again.  We shut down for about 1.5 hours due
to an wind warning for inside the dome.  Seeing became worse at 
the end of the night due to high altitude turbulence so guiding
with the autoguider camera became very difficult.

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Submitted on 2003 Dec 16 [4:34:05]