MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2018 Mar 15

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

Instrument: Templeton

Worked for 11 hours (all night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 3 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.8 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 3 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

The night started out clear and with good seeing.
Thin clouds were significant at the end.
An old problem with Templeton bias frames came up again
(see trouble report).  There were also a couple of
classic image jumps (mirror flops?).

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Submitted on 2018 Mar 16 [6:01:56]