MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2005 Dec 09

Observer(s): Ajay Tannirkulam, Zhaohuan Zhu
Institution(s): Michigan

Instrument: TEMPLETON

Worked for 7.5 hours (last half of the night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm
   Mid: Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Had a bad pointing problem (probably because RA and Dec 
encoders were set incorrectly by the user). The telescope reached it's
southern hard limits. Bob had to come up to fix it.

After 23.00(local time) when things were fixed observations went smoothly.
We managed to take data on a lot of stars. Conditions were not the best for photometry.
There seemed to be a haze close to the horizon.

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Submitted on 2005 Dec 10 [7:37:52]