MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2012 Mar 20

Observer(s): Grier & Beatty
Institution(s): OSU

Instrument: CCDS

Worked for 9 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.7 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   End: Seeing 1.3 arcsec, Clear, Winds High

Observing Summary:

Got through all AGN targets with time to spare (will take some extra 
exposures of the faint ones tomorrow-- wasn't sure how much time I'd have today). 
Things went fine for the most part, with a couple of small hiccups. 
First, the XMIS controller crashed and I had to restart it, so I lost about 
a half an hour from that. I also
had some problems with the hand paddle later on, but didn't really lose
any time from it. 

We caught a mouse in the trap in the kitchen...it's creepy. Also, 
there appears to be some major plumbing issues going (I emailed Bob) 
but basically, something is blocked--we have to plunge the toilets in 
order to get anything flushed, and when I plunged mine earlier, water/stuff/sewage 
came out the shower drain. So right now we only have half-working toilets. I had 
noticed the shower wasn't draining well this morning, but I thought it was just hair in the drain, 
so Paul cleaned it out, but it appears to be a deeper issue now. Hopefully we can get
a plumber up here soon because not being able to use toilets without plunging and having it come out the shower
 is going to get rough.

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Submitted on 2012 Mar 21 [4:51:37]