MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2014 Dec 28

Observer(s): Halpern, Schwarzer
Institution(s): Columbia

Instrument: Templeton

Worked for 11 hours (most of the night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.0 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Halpern tried remote observing for the first time,
with Schwarzer monitoring from the control room.
It went very well, for a first try.  Had some
trouble keeping windows within the available
workspace, but this was eventually resolved.
Once the VNC connection to the guider PC was lost,
but we restarted it using notes taken by Adrian Lucy
from Eric's demonstration.  Another time, the guider
lost connection to the telescope, but we easily
restarted it remotely. Seeing of 1.0 arcsecond
was observed occasionally.  All in all, a very good experience.

This report will replace the previous one because
I think that all previous reports from Dec 23-28 should
have been dated one day earlier.

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Submitted on 2014 Dec 29 [20:17:26]
NOTE: This report replaces the previous 1.3m telescope
      observing report for 2014 Dec 28