MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2007 Sep 07

Observer(s): Atlee & Eastman
Institution(s): OSU

Instrument: CCDS

Worked for 7.0 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 1900 until 2230.
   Beg: Overcast, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 0.96 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 0.91 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Aside from heavy cloud cover at the beginning of the night, our
observations went relatively smoothly.  We recorded observations
from one M-dwarf binary (J2327+5015), an eclipsing binary in M31
and go imaging data using Retrocam of a BL Lac (OJ287).  We also
recorded detailed calibration sets for the central wavelength set to
7000 Angstroms.

We noticed at the beginning of the night that the Prospero
control panel indicated that the TCSLink was down, and it
remained so throughout the night.  This did not affect
data-taking beyond the time required to determine that this was
a readout bug rather than a genuine communication problem.

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Submitted on 2007 Sep 8 [6:53:43]