MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2012 Nov 19

Observer(s): Jacob Jencsen and Matthew Penny
Institution(s): Ohio State

Instrument: OSMOS

Worked for 12 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.6 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.6 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.6 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

-Comparison lamp spectra
-B evening flats
-1h 30m Time series observations of SW And
-Spectrum of SP Standard HG 3454
-Spectrum of SN2010jl
-I morning flats

Weather good - low wind, humidity 50-65%, no dust, temp 8 deg C

Note: When restarting the tcs software - make sure that the tracking rate is set to the current appropriate value. Have determined this to be 15.0597, as opposed to May 09's value of 15.0674. Have not verified this yet, but will do on a subsequent night.

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Submitted on 2012 Nov 20 [5:32:45]