MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2004 Mar 09

Observer(s): Gavin Dalton
Institution(s): Oxford (Dartmouth)

Instrument: 8K

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

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.3 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 0.9 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Cirrus around all night and not helped by the moon just off full.

twice had to reboot MDM8k control PC (Vesuvius), following recovery
prescription number 4 in the web pages. Once just after dinner,
but I tried 1-3 first then...

Otherwise no problems and a fairly pleasant first night!

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Submitted on 2004 Mar 10 [6:56:37]