MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2011 May 09

Observer(s): S.Lepine
Institution(s): AMNH

Instrument: MkIII+Wilbur

Worked for 4 hours (first half of the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   High Humidity from 11pm until 6am.
   Beg: Seeing 1.0 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Clear, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Clear night but with high humidity. Observed from
sunset to 11pm, then closed due to humidity above
limits. Had time to observe 11 targets.

Got an electric shock touching the finder mirror
switch box. After that I noticed that when the 
box is made to contact the camera controller box, 
there is a spark forming at the contact point. Don't
know if this has anything to do with the high humidity.


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Submitted on 2011 May 10 [5:29:46]