MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2010 Feb 23

Observer(s): Khan, Mogren
Institution(s): OSU

Instrument: CCDS, Retrocam

Worked for 5 hours (part of the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds from 3am until cont..
   Beg: Seeing 1.1  arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.6  arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Overcast, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

We got to collect data for a total of ~5 hours, 10pm~3am.

The power shut-down yesterday had totally knocked off the 
telescope pointing. It took us a long time to get it to point 
properly again, mostly because we did not realize that the 
zenith tilt isn't either 0-0 or the numbers on the sticker on 
the tilt-meter. The real numbers were on a sticky note on the
window. We really appreciate the help extended by Bob and Jose 
over the phone.

While we observed, the conditions were mostly fair, despite 
some thin cirrus.

We had to shut down at 3am due to thick clouds gathering over 
us.

On a positive note: probably due to the multiple reboots of 
all systems yesterday, the dome problem did not recur today,
and the dome tracked perfectly all night.

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Submitted on 2010 Feb 24 [5:45:01]