MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2010 Oct 24

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

Instrument: TIFKAM

Worked for 2 hours (first half of the night)
Conditions were Overcast most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds from 2000 until 0600.
   Beg: Seeing 1.0 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Overcast, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

I managed brief observations of a single photometric standard and
partial coverage of a single cluster field.  The cloud cover waxed
and waned throughout the night, but after about 8 PM the sky was
never clear enough to be certain of good photometry over long
exposures.

One item may be worthy of note: the new guider does not appear 
to do well in high background conditions.  Scattered light from
the detector causes streaks in the sky background, and the
software attempts to guide on these streaks rather than on the
chosen guide stars.  This is despite the fact that the stars
are quite notable on the guider image.

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Submitted on 2010 Oct 25 [6:25:44]