MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2012 Apr 16

Observer(s): Chris Miller & Ryan Hickox
Institution(s): Michigan & Dartmouth

Instrument: OSMOS+R4K

Worked for 7.5 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.25 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Rotator quit working after first push of the hand paddle. Restarted the GUI and the power box and it started working again fine. Also, the Prospero status display was nt functioning properly. The second box from top (with CCD information) did not refresh; when we ran  istatus  it became blank and remained empty.

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Submitted on 2012 Apr 17 [4:11:47]