MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2010 Dec 31

Observer(s): Bord
Institution(s): UofM

Instrument: CCDS

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

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.5-2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Problems plagued the night from beginning to end, and although I
was open for some 7 hours, only about 2 hours of actual data-taking
occurred.  Night was characterized by no less than 5 failures of 
XMIS control window, numerous telescope slewing errors where instrument
simply stopped moving, and, as reported
separately to B. Barr, the dropout will not open now, preventing
most of the AGN program stars from being observed.  Finally gave
up when instability/unpredictability of slewing and MIS functions
raised concerns about doing real damage by continuing to observe.

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Submitted on 2011 Jan 1 [2:32:42]