MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2008 Apr 16

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

Instrument: TIFKAM

Worked for 9 hours (all night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   High Winds from 2 until .
   Beg: Seeing 1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds High
   End: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds High

Observing Summary:

Reasonably good at the beginning of the night but then high
winds after around midnight, around 25mph.  Still managed quite 
a bit of J band imaging which looks very good now that the 
noise problem is solved.

The dome worked well until 3AM and then failed again.

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Submitted on 2008 Apr 17 [5:15:01]