MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2011 Jun 28

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

Instrument: Templeton

Worked for 6.5 hours (off and on through the night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds all night.
   Beg: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Overcast, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Liquid nitrogen surgical tube has a leak.  Should be replaced.
Sometimes telescope dithers N-S, sometimes not.
But it NEVER completes a slew.  Tracking turns off
in the middle, and it takes 3-4 rounds of this
to get to the targets position.

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Submitted on 2011 Jun 29 [5:08:48]