MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2010 Feb 09

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

Instrument: CCDS

Worked for 6 hours (first half of the night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   End: Overcast, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Opened with some cloud cover and poor seeing. Clouds cleared and
seeing improved (approximately one arcsecond). Clouds rolled in
around 1am and shut down.

More issues with the instrument rotator tonight. Some fancy
toggling of the switch was needed. Also, while rotating the
instrument the encoder lost its position and I had to go back
to zero and reset. Thanks Bob for showing me the tape marks! 

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Submitted on 2010 Feb 10 [2:16:46]