MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2012 Sep 13

Observer(s): Kayhan Gultekin and Ed Cackett
Institution(s): U. Michigan, Wayne State U.

Instrument: ModSpec+Nellie

Worked for 6 hours (first 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 from 01:00 until 06:00.
   Beg: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Clear weather. High humidity. We had to close the mirror covers at 01:00 due
to humidity in the dome that reached 94% and stayed above 85% for 
the rest of the night.

We had to restart OWL in order to communicate with the CCD.  Once we did that, 
there were no problems, except that OWL could not read the CCD
temperature.  This did not prevent us from observing and was 
only a minor issue.


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Submitted on 2012 Sep 14 [4:18:16]