MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2008 Sep 24

Observer(s): Fesen and Milisavljevic
Institution(s): Dartmouth

Instrument: MK III

Worked for 5 hours (first half of the night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 1.0 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Well, things started out OK. Very clear skies but only
so-so seeing, around 1 - 1.5 arcsec. Seeing got a bit
better near midnight. Observed until
around 1 am when the instrument started to return
blank or very faint images (see Trouble report).
After several cold CCDCOM restarts and many other attempts 
to resolve the problem, we gave up at 4 am and shut down. 
Suspect a bad shutter.

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Submitted on 2008 Sep 25 [5:43:11]