MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2005 Jan 05

Observer(s): Pietro Reviglio
Institution(s): Columbia

Instrument: echelle

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 1.0 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.7 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

The sky has been clear all night, humidity below 50% , no wind.
We obtained Halpha and R imaging for 1 galaxy of our sample and the imaging for the calibrator star.We took morning flats. We refilled the dewer at 8 pm and at 7.30 am.
We encountered problems with the pointing of the telescope. The telescope kept slewing and eventually it went close to its hard limit. It took quite a long time to figure out how to make the telescope operative again.

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Submitted on 2005 Jan 6 [7:40:44]