MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2005 Apr 07

Observer(s): Cackett
Institution(s): St Andrews

Instrument: CCDS

Worked for 7 hours (most of the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Moderate, Wind 20 mph SW
   End: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

Clouds at sunset, but cleared quickly, just a few cirrus at the
very beginning of the night.  Clear skies until UT 08:10.
Complete cloud cover from then until UT 10:20.  After that
generally clear skies.  Problem when taking end of night
calibrations: think finder mirror became stuck - flats only
covering half of image as was a Xe arc.

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Submitted on 2005 Apr 8 [5:46:47]