MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2006 Oct 28

Observer(s): R.J. Assef, K. Schlesinger
Institution(s): OSU

Instrument: CCDS, RETROCAM

Worked for 9.5 hours (most of the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds from 3:00 until end.
   Beg: Seeing 1 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.4 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm
   End: Overcast, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

At the beginning of the night, there were some high clouds. Our 
seeing was pretty good, around 1 . Unfortunately, around 19:00, 
RETROCAM crashed after we needed to abort something. It brought 
down Hiltner with it. With help from Jen Marshall (thank goodness 
for gmail chat!), we were able to reboot Hiltner and get 
CCDS and RETROCAM in working order. The seeing got progressively 
worse as the night went on. Clouds were moving in. By 3:30, 
we could no longer find guide stars, etc. Thick clouds were 
obscuring everything. We stayed open until 5:30 in case 
anything changed. Unfortunately the clouds persisted!

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Submitted on 2006 Oct 29 [5:41:09]