MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2012 Oct 19

Observer(s): Julie Skinner
Institution(s): Dartmouth College

Instrument: MkIII+Nellie

Worked for 12 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds all night.
   Beg: Seeing 2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

There were patchy clouds at sunset, but they quickly moved off
about an hour later.  The rest of the night was clear and seeing was mediocre.

I still had the buzzing problem with the finder mirror motor, but it seems
that the finder mirror is going in all the way.  The Ar lamp looks fine.

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Submitted on 2012 Oct 20 [6:16:05]