MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2008 Dec 18

Observer(s): Nathan Crockett
Institution(s): University of Michigan

Instrument: Nellie

Worked for 5.5 hours (last half of the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   High Humidity from 17:30 until 2:30.
   Beg: Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm
   Mid: Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.8 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

It was too humid to open the first half of the night. Humidity
dropped to a level where I could open at around 2-2:30am. I 
observed a couple of standard fields and took some sky flats
at the end of the night, but the telescope kept loosing tracking
during the night. That is, the tracking switch would turn off 
without warning or any action on my part. Furthermore, the 
telescope server also shut down several times throughout the
night causing problems with TCS. Because of these problems, I
was unable to observe any program objects.

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Submitted on 2008 Dec 19 [7:36:23]