MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2006 Jan 04

Observer(s): Halpern, Tyagi, Zimmerman
Institution(s): Columbia U.

Instrument: CCDS + Retrocam

Worked for 12 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 2.0 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 2.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   End: Seeing 2.0 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

Clear skys, but struggled with 2+ arcsecond seeing all night.
Observed the usual mixture of SNe images, spectra, and QSOs.
Noted that most queue targets are equatorial or south, for
which the seeing is significantly worse than near zenith.

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Submitted on 2006 Jan 5 [6:20:16]