MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2025 Oct 14

Observer(s): Wayne Oswald
Institution(s): Ohio University

Instrument: Templeton

Worked for 6 hours (first half of the night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 2.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable, by-eye seeing
   Mid: Seeing 2.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable, by-eye seeing
   End: Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Observed an open cluster - Palomar 13
Exoplanet transit - TOI-1680
BL Lac object - S5 1803+784

TCS wouldn't allow slit to open, so I reset the TCS, only to have it be unable to connect. A call to the 2.4m got the observer to help me out by resetting the TCS control. Connected fine after, but had a noticeable offset in RA (+~120 ) and Dec (+~630 ) for targets. 

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Submitted on 2025 Oct 15 [0:58:46]