MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2011 Aug 22

Observer(s): Halpern, Schroeder
Institution(s): Columbia U.

Instrument: OSMOS

Worked for 8.5 hours (most of the night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Cirrus, Winds Calm
   Mid: Cirrus, Winds Calm
   End: Cirrus, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

The Observatory was a flurry of activity all week
as well as the weekend preceding the start of observing,
as the staff tried to recover from multiple damage
by recent lightning activity.  

It was clear enough by 9;00pm to start observing.
Numerous and novel problems were immediately encountered.
See separate trouble report for details.

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Submitted on 2011 Aug 23 [5:31:02]