MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2012 Dec 26

Observer(s): Terndrup, Leighly
Institution(s): OSU, Oklahoma

Instrument: TIFKAM

Worked for 3 hours (last half of the night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   High Humidity from 18:00 until 02:00.
   Beg: Overcast, Winds Moderate, Snow!
   Mid: Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm, Drippy
   End: Seeing 2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm, Bad seeing

Observing Summary:

Broad Absorption-line Quasars.

Opened at 3:00 a.m. when humidity declined sufficiently.  Spent
the time learning the operation of the guider and the telescope
for spectroscopy.  The telescope - as in the past - does *not*
execute position offsets accurately enough to move the targets
along the slit for dithered positions.  We worked out a technique
that is adequate, although somewhat slower.

Too bad there's no coffee!  Big change from past practices.

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Submitted on 2012 Dec 28 [6:59:25]