MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2008 Mar 03

Observer(s): Kay et al.
Institution(s): Columbia

Instrument: CCDS

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

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 4 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Everything worked well.  We noticed that the temperatures
reported for the dome, primary, etc., were way off (like 35 C)
when we were preparing to open.  When we opened the mirror
cover the temperatures were magically all correct.  Skies
were very clear, perhaps photometric, but the seeing in the
middle of the night was very poor, which slowed us down.  The
seeing improved as twilight approached.

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Submitted on 2008 Mar 4 [6:14:55]