MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2006 Nov 30

Observer(s): Tyler Harris, Eve Armstrong
Institution(s): Columbia

Instrument: Templeton

Worked for 12 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 2.8 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 3.3 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 3.3 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

The dome azimuth jumped off its coordinates twice during the night.
The first time it was thought to be progressively bad seeing and
some data was lost as a result. Once the problem was realized an
on the fly dome azimuth encoding was made. The second time it 
occurred it was caught instantly and corrected again. When 
closing a final azimuth correction was made.
The seeing was horrible but otherwise it was a uneventful
night.

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Submitted on 2006 Dec 1 [6:44:23]