MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2025 Sep 30

Observer(s): John Thorstensen
Institution(s): Dartmouth

Instrument: Templeton direct

Worked for 11 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Beautiful night, no problems.  The astronomy course finished its 
observations last night, so I used the night for time series 
photometry.  

I did have some isolated episodes of poor tracking early in the 
night near the meridian and +40 degrees -- the guide star would 
jump around by a few arcsec, for less than a minute.  I was unable
to diagnose whether this was a guider issue or not; in any case, 
I was working on a relatively bright star and it didn't cause
any issues.  This doesn't quite rise to the level of a trouble
report, but it's worth noting. Winds were indicating very light.

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Submitted on 2025 Oct 1 [6:23:03]