MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2010 Mar 16

Observer(s): Halpern, Liu, Eracleous
Institution(s): Columbia

Instrument: CCDS

Worked for 11.5 hours (all night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   High Winds from 7pm until 12am.
   Beg: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds High
   Mid: Seeing 2 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Moderate
   End: Seeing 2 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

It was windy at the beginning(up to 28 mph), but calmed down very fast. By the end it's only 1 mph.

When we tried to change the rotator angle to +90, a cord got unplugged. Details please see trouble report for the same night.



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Submitted on 2010 Mar 17 [5:57:39]