MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2012 May 30

Observer(s): John Thorstensen
Institution(s): Dartmouth

Instrument: Modspec + Templeton

Worked for 9.5 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1-2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   End: Seeing <1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

A nice smooth night, with no technical problems.  I used the 
instrument rotator and it never seized up, so the fix that
was applied to that problem today may have worked.  

Did not have a repeat of the Andor Solis
glitches, either, and Templeton behaved itself fine with the
new Leach system.  It does look as if the telescope pointing
model might use some refreshing; if I have time over the 
weekend I may try to do this. 

Seeing was variable, and it was breezy at times.  Photometric,
though.

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Submitted on 2012 May 31 [5:21:10]