MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2014 Jan 29

Observer(s): Eracleous, Brown
Institution(s): Penn State, Ohio State

Instrument: CCDS

Worked for 10.5 hours (all night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds from 5 UT until 7 UT.
   Beg: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.9 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 1.3 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

CCDS spectroscopy:
Reverberation mapping campaign on NGC 5548 and various other Seyfert galaxies. 
Variable clouds throughout the night, mostly thin, but sometimes thick.
Telescope nodding created problems on two occasions. The first time we were not
able to ste up on our target so we moved on. The second time the nodding started 
while we were exposing and smeared the signal along the slit.

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Submitted on 2014 Jan 30 [6:08:45]