MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2010 Jan 10

Observer(s): Fesen
Institution(s): Dartmouth

Instrument: Direct

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

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds all night.
   Beg: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Finally, a mostly clear night. Seeing was very good 
most of the night.
MIS failed early in the evening. Would not accept probe position 
changes nor initialize but I worked around it using the stuck
settings. Also experienced a telescope N-S noding 10-20 arcsec
for a short period of time. 

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Submitted on 2010 Jan 11 [7:38:39]