MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2009 Mar 17

Observer(s): Paterson & co.
Institution(s): Columbia

Instrument: CCDS

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 2 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Had a full night of observing with only some hazy clouds
occasionally interfering.  Looked a few random sources and
looked at rotation along the major axis of nearby disk galaxies.

While rotating the slit rotor to 
90 degrees we heard a pop and when we looked at the cables it
appeared that the UPS power cord had been slightly (but not
totally) yanked out of its socket.  We plugged it back in fully,
and noticed that the outlet was a bit loose, but we heard a beep
and never encountered any actual problems controling or imaging 
with the telescope.

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Submitted on 2009 Mar 18 [6:25:11]