MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2009 Jul 05

Observer(s): Mark Reynolds
Institution(s): UofM

Instrument: TIFKAM & retrocam

Worked for 8 hours (all 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 Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Some patchy cloud at the beginning of the night which cleared 
after about an hour.

Used retrocam without problems during the first half of the night.
Encountered some guiding and tracking poroblems in the second half of the night after I switched to using TIFKAM.

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Submitted on 2009 Jul 6 [5:28:11]