MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2012 Jan 26

Observer(s): Roettenbacher and Coker
Institution(s): UM and OSU

Instrument: CCDS

Worked for 11 hours (all night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.3 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.0 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Around UT 09:30 guider moved south ~1 , also moving target on slit. 
Potentially at the same time, the mirror cover status went red.
Closed and opened the mirror cover and recentered the target, this
seemed to clear up issues.  

Overall, good seeing, but possible high, thin clouds.  

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Submitted on 2012 Jan 27 [6:17:28]