MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2012 Jun 30

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

Instrument: R4K

Worked for 8 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable, isolated clouds
   End: Clear, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Weather was nearly photometric; a few clouds drifted through in the middle of the night.
Issue with Caliban/Prospero not writing fits files to data directory did not re-appear.
(see trouble report from previous night).  
Guider camera mysteriously turned itself off/disconnected several times during the first
half of the night.  Guide camera image would suddenly turn black.
The  Start  button was not selectable.  When this occurred I would hit Disconnect,
the Reconnect, and then re-start the cooler and re-start the guider
imaging.  This worked in all cases.

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Submitted on 2012 Jul 1 [4:11:26]