MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2025 Sep 27

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

Instrument: Templeton

Worked for 2 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:
   High Humidity from 20:40 until end.
   Beg: Seeing 1.8 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

At the begining of the night the TCS server was not communicating.
I should have saved time by checking this during the day.  Eric told
Justin to reset the port server, which allowed the TCS to connect.
After that I had to make a small adjustment to the pointing using
the tilt meeters.  Observed my target for an hour.  At 20:40 MST
the humidity rose above the limit.  Have been closed ever since.
One other thing to note: the all-sky camera lens is very dirty.
Can't see even the brightest stars over much of its area.


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Submitted on 2025 Sep 28 [4:51:09]