MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2017 Dec 21

Observer(s): Jules Halpern
Institution(s): Columbia

Instrument: Templeton

Worked for 6.5 hours (first half of the night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 4 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 2.2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   End: Clear, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

There was no nodding or wind shake tonight, but the seeing is bad.

Around midnight the telescope failed to point to the next target.
Eventually I closed up with the telescope very close to zenith,
as described in the trouble report, but there are still problems
with the TCS and I gave up.

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Submitted on 2017 Dec 22 [1:54:29]