MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2007 Sep 19

Observer(s): Bird & Prieto
Institution(s): OSU

Instrument: CCDS+RETROCAM

Worked for 10 hours (all night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.0 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 1.6 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   End: Seeing 1.3 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

The night was clear, but the wind was variable (10-30mph)
and the seeing was >1.3 arcsec most of the night. We
didn't have any problems through the night until twilight
when we slewed to observe a bright object at airmass 1.65 
and hour angle -3. The RA and DEC encoders were not responding
(message in TCS) and we couldn't track on the object. 
We closed up after that.  

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Submitted on 2007 Sep 20 [5:58:28]