MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2012 Jul 20

Observer(s): Jules Halpern
Institution(s): Columbia U.

Instrument: Templeton

Worked for 9 hours (all night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.8 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.4 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 1.3 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

A very productive night, with only the slightest hint of cirrus.
Today Bob installed a different CCD electronics box that delivers
less pattern noise and, it is hoped, will not cause as many readout
failures as the other one.  So far, so good.
   As usual the telescope jumped in N-S a couple of times, but
this didn't affect my program.  One unusual incident with the
dome, when it updated its position it got a bit enthusiastic
and overran the telescope, completely occulting it for a few
seconds, before coming back to the correct position.  Again,
this was not a significant issue.

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Submitted on 2012 Jun 21 [5:10:33]