MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2004 Sep 21

Observer(s): Chris Morgan
Institution(s): Ohio State

Instrument: RETROCAM/ MkIII

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

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.8 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

-Obtained a focus offset measurement for operating RETROCAM with the MkIII spectrograph. (Logged in the RETROCAM users manual).
-Conducted thorough testing of the RETROCAM control software.  Some minor glitches exist, but RETROCAM is ready for use by the general observing community.
-Took photometric data for 8 lensed quasar systems.

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Submitted on 2004 Sep 22 [4:03:43]