MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2007 Mar 05

Observer(s): Statler, Wilhelm
Institution(s): Ohio Univ.

Instrument: Direct/Echelle

Worked for 12 hours (all night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds from 4AM until end.
   Beg: Seeing 1.8 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 0.8 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Fairly productive night doing relative photometry of near-Earth
asteroids. First part of night was clear with variable seeing;
later seeing settled down to sub-arcsecond, but thick cirrus
rolled in around 4AM. Autoguider PC had to be rebooted around 1AM,
which cost us about 20 minutes.

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Submitted on 2007 Mar 6 [6:37:20]