MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2009 Oct 08

Observer(s): Reynolds, Blum
Institution(s): UoM

Instrument: Retrocam, Tifkam

Worked for 7 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 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Conditions were clear for the entire night.  We encountered a problem with Tifkam at 0300. 
All images with this instrument appeared to be saturated no matter where we pointed the telescope.
We believe it to be a mechanical problem with the filter wheel.   

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Submitted on 2009 Oct 9 [6:23:19]