MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2012 Nov 18

Observer(s): Wagner and Gordon
Institution(s): OSU

Instrument: Templeton/Direct

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, Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Last night of a very successful 6 night run.  Humidity approached 79% during the night.  
No other problems were encountered.  Two nights were lost due to weather.
Three nights had cirrus and variable conditions.  The first night was almost
photometric.  No major problems were encountered that affected observing.
The problem with the UPS was logged in the failure report.  The only other
problem we had was that the Windows guide computer rebooted one night
to run Windows Update.  We should run the updates offline or disable the
feature.  Except for the well-known image motion problem under closed-loop
guiding the telescope and instrument worked flawlessly.  Thanks to the MDM
staff for their expertise and support.

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Submitted on 2012 Nov 19 [3:59:18]