MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2008 Feb 17

Observer(s): Statler, Riethmiller, Cotto-Figueroa
Institution(s): Ohio Univ.

Instrument: Direct/Echelle and Retrocam

Worked for 12.0 hours (all night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 0.9 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 3 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

Finally had a full night to continue our program of NEA photometry.
Observed our first target with Retrocam-- in good seeing! --until
it got too close to the moon and was washed out by moonlit sky.
Since all our other targets for the night were faint we switched
to Echelle. All went well until the seeing suddenly changed from
0.8 to 3 arcsec at 11:30 PM. The rest of the night we struggled
with seeing no better than 1.5 arcsec.

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Submitted on 2008 Feb 18 [7:29:21]