MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2010 Oct 08

Observer(s): D. Milisavljevic
Institution(s): Dartmouth

Instrument: Mark III + Templeton

Worked for 8.5 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

A rough start. Guider probe reached limit and I could not
achieve focus. Spoke with both John and Bob on the phone who
talked me through the procedure. After over an hour
of pushing and pulling, grunting and cursing, I managed to get
things good enough to move on. 

And then the magic started....

The new Andor cameras work beautifully. They will take some time
to master, but their potential is great. Targets normally
difficult to acquire were landed on with relative ease.
I *really* like this setup.

No doubt the nice weather, photometric skies, and excllent
one arcsecond seeing helped. I look forward to pushing the
limits of this setup over the next few days.

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Submitted on 2010 Oct 9 [5:59:05]