MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2007 Sep 01

Observer(s): armstrong
Institution(s): tcolumbia

Instrument: templeton/direct

Worked for 5 hours (last half of the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds all night.
   Beg: Overcast, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 20 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 2.0 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Did a lightning shutdown at 17:00; booted back up around 23:00.  
Opened just after midnight but had trouble with the mirror a/c 
(described in trouble report.) Gave up and started a time series
at 1:30a.

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Submitted on 2007 Sep 2 [4:00:22]