MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2017 Sep 13

Observer(s): Thorstensen and Weil
Institution(s): Dartmouth College

Instrument: Templeton

Worked for 7 hours (all night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds from 1am until .
   Beg: Seeing 2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Overcast, Winds Calm
   End: Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Beginning of the night the telescope was nodding while pointing
straight up toward the zenith. We pointed to a different object
further East which seemed to help with the nodding. We then 
had issues with the focus on the telescope. It didn't seem to 
matter what we tried, the telescope would not go into focus and
stars had a triangular shape. The nodding issue repeated itself
in the middle of the night when the telescope would not track
and lost the guide star multiple times. Clouds started to roll in
at about 1am and between the nodding, clouds and poor forecast 
I closed at just before 2am.

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Submitted on 2017 Sep 14 [1:55:54]