MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2018 Aug 11

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

Instrument: Andor

Worked for 1 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 22:00 until 02:30.
   Beg: Seeing 1.8 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Overcast, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 1.8 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Observed for one hour. Experienced problems with opening the dome; 
When entering command 'tx slit open', as well as 'tx dropleaf open', the TCS Session Log 
responded with 'ERROR slit cantopen=rain', but the weather was clear,
and humidity was only about 70%. We used the  deprecated  commands:
 tx slit open dammit  and  tx dropleaf open dammit , which opened
the dome/dropleaf. However, this issue did not occur when closing the 
dropleaf and dome. 

Network maintenance caused a VNC connection loss at roughly 22:15. 
At 02:22 we regained VNC connection. We opened the dome, observed
for about 20 minutes, but humidity started to climb, and our target
was obstructed by cloud, so we closed again.

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Submitted on 2018 Aug 12 [4:28:26]