MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2005 Dec 17

Observer(s): M. Boettcher
Institution(s): Ohio University

Instrument: Templeton

Worked for 11 hours (all night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   High Humidity from 4 a.m until 5 a.m.
   Beg: Seeing 1.3 arcsec, Overcast, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 3.2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   End: Clear, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

Night started overcast, then cleared up. Humidity 
rose above critical level around 4 a.m., decreased
to acceptable level around 5 a.m. 

McGraw froze up; had to be rebooted. Logged back in
as user  obs13m ; re-initialized telescope control
systems, set up IRAF in current directory
/data/tambora/obs13m/Direct/boettcher/20051218/.

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Submitted on 2005 Dec 18 [7:16:41]