MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2005 Aug 31

Observer(s): Brogt
Institution(s): Columbia

Instrument: 8k

Worked for 8 hours (all night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   High Humidity from 215 until 315.
   Beg: Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Before the bias at the end of the afternoon, the master refused to
switch on. Had to reset the buttons on the back of Vesuvius to get
it to work again. Other than that, a rather uneventful night, except
for high humidity. Had to close for one hour because both the monitor
in the computer room and the old humidity meter were over the limit.
The new monitor seems to be around 10 percent lower in humidity
readout, but the correlation is not perfect. It'd be nice to know
which of those meters to rely on for telescope closure.

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Submitted on 2005 Sep 1 [5:17:10]