MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2012 Sep 26

Observer(s): Colon
Institution(s): UH

Instrument: 4K

Worked for 2 hours (part of the night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds all night.
   Beg: Cirrus, Winds Calm
   Mid: Cirrus, Winds Calm
   End: Cirrus, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Cirrus clouds were persistent throughout the entire night.

I did not have a transiting candidate system to observe tonight, so I was going to test the reliability of our photometry in relation to the centroid drift in the stars and the flat fields.

My target did not rise until 8:30 pm so I did not plan to open until then.  The cirrus clouds were dominant enough that I did not open at that time.

Eventually I fell asleep while waiting for the clouds to dissipate...

No problems were encountered, though the AC unit in the control room smelled a little smoky at one point after I turned it off.

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Submitted on 2012 Sep 27 [6:15:03]