MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2012 Jul 01

Observer(s): Gaidos
Institution(s): Hawaii

Instrument: R4K

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

Seeing and Weather:
   Rain all night.
   Beg: Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm
   End: Overcast, Winds Calm, rain

Observing Summary:

Skies started clear with only distant clouds but steadily deteriorated after 10 PM.
Clouds began to interfere with observations at 11:30PM.  Struggled 
until about 1 AM then closed up.  Rain showed up just before 3 AM.
No technical problems except on two occasions the dome seemed to nap (or at 
least the dome tracking became unchecked).   Center dome  fixed the problem.


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Submitted on 2012 Jul 2 [3:25:51]