MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2011 Dec 22

Observer(s): Halpern
Institution(s): Columbia

Instrument: CCDS

Worked for 6 hours (first half of the night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   High Humidity all night.
   Beg: Seeing 2. arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds High
   Mid: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Moderate
   End: Clear, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

The night started cloudy.  It cleared enough to open at 7:30pm
of hours.   Finally the humidity rose over the limit at about
1:30 am.  At 3:30 I decided to give up.  There were a number of
problems described in the trouble report.  After submitting the
report, I notice that the AC is not working in the computer room,
which has reached 80 degrees.  Therefore, I am leaving the door
to the computer room open, and turning off the heat in the control
room to help cool it down.

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Submitted on 2011 Dec 23 [3:37:55]