MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2009 Mar 01

Observer(s): Tucker
Institution(s): Australian National University

Instrument: 8k

Worked for 12 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 1.2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.0 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.6 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Pretty good night overall.  Had sub-arcsec seeing for a while.  Not windy like last night.
Had a problem when the dec encoder failed.  Had to stop the exposure and redo the offsets.  Lost about 30 mins with it.  Other than that, no big deal.  

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Submitted on 2009 Mar 2 [6:56:03]