MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2004 Feb 17

Observer(s): Matthew Walker
Institution(s): Michigan

Instrument: 8k

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

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds from 1UT until 3UT.
   Beg: Seeing 2 arcsec, Overcast, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Imaged fields in Andromeda, Leo, and Sextans.  Clouds appeared at
both twilights, and had patchy clouds during the night.  The dome
encoder had to be updated several times during the night--kept 
wandering about 5 degrees off where it thought it was.  Focus was pretty
variable despite the temperature staying at about 54 degrees F all night.




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Submitted on 2004 Feb 18 [6:33:56]