MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2004 Oct 23

Observer(s): Wegner, MacDonald, Bonfield
Institution(s): Dartmouth, Oxford

Instrument: TIFKAM

Worked for 9 hours (part of the night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   High Humidity from 3:00 until 6:00.
   Beg: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 0.8 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Clear, Winds Calm, High humidity

Observing Summary:

Good seeing. Closed down due to high humidity around 3 AM,
TIFKAM seems to work well.

Telescope tracking stopped briefly five times at different hour
angles. This jerked the guide star out of the box, but then
tracking resumed after a few moments.

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Submitted on 2004 Oct 24 [14:59:04]