MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2012 Oct 03

Observer(s): De Rosa, Fausnaugh
Institution(s): OSU

Instrument: OSMOS

Worked for 8 hours (all night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.4 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable, bright moon 
   End: Seeing 1.4 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable, bright moon

Observing Summary:

During the afternoon, while taking calibration, the IC computer 
crashed. Bob was still here. He tried to reboot it, but it was 
DEAD. Bob needed to change the IC computer (thanks!). 
At the beginning of the night, we sadly found out that, as 
a result, the scale for the images real time display needed 
to be reset. We called Bob, who helped us to reset it, but we 
were not able to find the optimal range for the display, 
which slowed us down in acquisition and focusing during the 
entire night. Around 9 UT 
prospero got stuck again. Solved it with CtrlC: the IC stopped 
integrating and we were able to re-start the exposure. 
Bright moon. 

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Submitted on 2012 Oct 4 [5:33:12]