MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2007 Oct 08

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

Instrument: CCDS and Retrocam

Worked for 11 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 2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Before sunset, I ran into a problem with Retrocam.  With Rick's 
very patient help and some tinkering, we figured out that the 
power strip that should have been giving Retrocam power was not
completely plugged into its socket.  Rick helped me fix this
before sunset so no time was lost.

I observed 8 SDSS supernova, B. Peterson's PG quasar, 
M. Dietrich's BL Lac object, and C. Kochanek's QSO.  The skies
were clear except for a little bit of haze/thin clouds on the
horizon.  They were there at sunset and sunrise so I guess they
were there all night.  But without the moon and only those 
thin clouds, I was able to observe pretty faint SN!  

Oh, is there a way to turn off the red lights on the east side 
of the building?  I couldn't find the switch.

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Submitted on 2007 Oct 9 [6:10:07]