MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2010 Oct 23

Observer(s): Atlee
Institution(s): Ohio State

Instrument: TIFKAM

Worked for 3 hours (off and on through the night)
Bad weather most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   High Humidity from 2100 until 0500.
   Beg: Seeing 1.0 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable, dome humidity 85%
   Mid: Cirrus, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.0 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Conditions were good at the beginning and end of the night, but
observing was interrupted by sudden overcast at the beginning of
the night, and by humidity just before 9 PM.  I completed two
photometric standard observations and partial imaging sequences
of two cluster fields.

One quadrant (chip?) of the detector showed an intermittent
striping.  This condition sometimes went away after a slew.  I
lost 45-60 minutes attempting to solve this problem before 
hearing from Bob, who diagnosed it as a problem with the head
electronics.  This resolved itself shortly before Bob's call 
and did not recur for the rest of the night.

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Submitted on 2010 Oct 24 [6:54:46]