MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2006 Nov 04

Observer(s): L. Watson
Institution(s): OSU

Instrument: CCDS and Retrocam

Worked for 13 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 0.9 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.0 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.0 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

There were cirrus on the horizon for most of the night, but 
conditions were definitely better than last night.  I got 
spectra for two SDSS supernova.  They were very faint because
of the moon.  For the Carnegie Supernova Program, I took 
spectra of four supernova (two were repeats from last night).  
I took specra for typing two supernova.  I observed three of 
C. Kochanek's lenses (one repeated from last night) and ended 
the night with observations of NGC 4151 for B. Peterson.

At about 3am, the TCS showed the warning:  Moving with AutoDome
Off! .  This was in the lower right section of the screen.  
But not only was the auto dome switch on and the Dome 
Controller button on AUTO, the TCS even said  Auto Dome On  in
the middle-left secion of the screen (with the dome azimuth and 
error).  I checked the dome on each object after I saw this 
message and it seemed to be following the telescope fine.  I 
couldn't find a solution for this.  Any suggestions?

The high pitched noise continued tonight.  I think it is from 
the speaker/microphone system.  It sort of helps to turn off 
the microphone and if that doesn't work, then putting your
hand around the microphone when the noice occurs usually helps.
Any suggestions for how to fix this?  

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Submitted on 2006 Nov 5 [7:07:36]