MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2012 Dec 16

Observer(s): Ryan Hickox, Kevin Hainline, Chien-Ting Chen, Tom Whalen
Institution(s): Dartmouth

Instrument: OSMOS

Worked for 6 hours (last half of the night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   High Humidity all night.
   Beg: Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Performed tests of slit acquisition procedure and alignment on new OSMOS masks.

High humidity forced us to close until approximately 11pm.

There appears to be condensation on the detector, which rendered science observations impossible.



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Submitted on 2012 Dec 17 [5:46:03]