YALO Telescope Observer's Report for 2000 Oct 16

Observer: Kathy Vivas
Observed all night from 23:45 to 09:20 UTC.
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the summary for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   High Winds from 7:30 until 9:30.
   Beg: Seeing 1.4 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.6 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 1.8 arcsec, Clear, Winds High

Observing Summary:

There were some patchy clouds at the very begining of the
night. After that, it was clear.
During the observations of the first 2 objects, there was
a sudden jump of the telescope (the guide star moved about
40 units North suddenly). Because of this, 
I repeated the vj sequence of
Aql X-1. The other jump only affected the last exposure in the 
sequence of GRS1915 (ir001016.0020) and I didn't repeat it.

Again, I had problems with the wind at the end of the night.
This time I couldn't do anything else but wait until the
fields were at the west (HA>+1:30) where the wind doesn't move
the telescope that much. Because of this, I couldn't do most of the
objects at the end of the program. 

Aql X-1:  R=1.00
          V=1.69
          R=0.85


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Submitted by Kathy Vivas on 2000 Oct 17 [6:00:21]