MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2008 Apr 11

Observer(s): McGreer
Institution(s): Columbia

Instrument: TIFKAM

Worked for 8 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:
   Beg: Seeing 1.3 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 1.8 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   End: Seeing 1.4 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:


Relatively strong (20-25mph) winds all night.  Around midnight
seeing worsened and had to give up for a while due to lack of
guiding.  Improved slightly after 2am though guiding remained
difficult.

There is pattern noise visible in the images, amounting to
~2 ADU of additional noise.  See trouble report.

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Submitted on 2008 Apr 12 [6:06:30]