MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2014 Jan 05

Observer(s): Michael Fausnaugh
Institution(s): OSU

Instrument: CCDS

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

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds all night.
   Beg: Seeing 1 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm
   Mid: Cirrus, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Weather started with patchy clouds/thick cirrus.  Lightened up
over course of night, mostly clear by twilight.  Wind picked up
(gusts at 25 mph) toward end of night.

The CCDS acquisition camera software hanged at 02:08 UT.  Had to
reboot the computer, cycle the power, and re-install the drivers,
but it came back to life without further problems.

Some wind tonight, didn't notice severe nodding over wiggles caused
by the wind.

Observed 9 AGN and 3 standards!

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Submitted on 2014 Jan 6 [6:58:41]