MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2011 Jun 14

Observer(s): Gray Kanarek
Institution(s): Columbia

Instrument: TIFKAM

Worked for 8.5 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

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

Observing Summary:

Thanks to Bob, the guider camera focused much more cleanly tonight.

For about half an hour the telescope lost pointing and the dome stopped responding to anything, but when the dome came back I was able to align the telescope at the zenith using the procedure in the manual and everything worked great thereafter.

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Submitted on 2011 Jun 15 [5:15:33]