MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2015 Oct 05

Observer(s): Thorstensen
Institution(s): Dartmouth

Instrument: modspec+echelle CCD

Worked for 0.5 hours (part of the night)
Bad weather most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds all night.
   Beg: Seeing 1+ arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Remote observing!  Lots of cloud, and rising humidity, but 
managed to open for a bit at the start, get slit balance
flats, and acquire a star.  Used the new computer-control
commands for the dome slit and dropleaf -- the only problem
was that they complained that it was raining, when it definitely
was not (!) -- I had compatriots Rob Fesen and Christine Black
on seen to watch the conditions.  Forcing the commands by
appending a dammit

tx slit open dammit

made it go!  

Pre-set telescope focus of 920 was essentially perfect.

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Submitted on 2015 Oct 6 [6:06:51]