MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2005 May 10

Observer(s): Chris Gerardy
Institution(s): Imperial College London

Instrument: TIFKAM

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

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing ~1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing >2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing ~1.5 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

TIFKAM suffered a progressive failure of the SW quadrant of the
detector over the first half of the night (See trouble rept).  
Weather was mostly clear, but the seeing was moderate to poor.

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Submitted on 2005 May 11 [5:35:48]