MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2017 Aug 24

Observer(s): Clarkson, Vowell, Aufdemberge
Institution(s): UM-Dearborn

Instrument: ANDOR

Worked for 7 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

1. Initial pointing difficulty, power cycling the unit at the 
base of the polar axis (at recommendation of Eric G) 
corrected the problem. Encoders subsequently at wrong values;
Eric G fixed remotely.

2. Got onto V404 Cyg at about 8:20pm, sat on it through until 
3:30am

3. Dome flats followed by darks

4. Science target inaccessible after 3:30pm; finished the night
a little early to prepare for the drive down the mountain
the following day.

Great night! 


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Submitted on 2017 Aug 25 [4:12:34]