MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2006 Nov 08

Observer(s): L. Watson
Institution(s): OSU

Instrument: CCDS and Retrocam

Worked for 12 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 1.2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 0.9-2 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Moderate
   End: Seeing 1.6 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

On the afternoon of 11/08, B. Barr corrected the CCDS readout 
pattern, at least for now.  We still don't know exactly what
causes the problem, but what seems to have solved it this time was
Bob securing the HE power plug.

I had a few pretty minor problems with the telescope getting stuck
and then decideing to move on its own.  I've described these in 
the trouble report.

It was pretty windy last night and this made the seeing quite
variable.  There were a few clouds that passed during the middle
of the night.

I observed five SDSS supernova, three CSP supernova, and four
lenses.

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Submitted on 2006 Nov 9 [7:00:13]