MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2013 Dec 03

Observer(s): Rhiannon Griffin
Institution(s): University of Oklahoma

Instrument: OSMOS

Worked for 10 hours (most of the night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   High Humidity from 3:30 until 7.
   Beg: Seeing 1.4 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm, humid
   Mid: Seeing 1.8 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Moderate, humid
   End: Patchy Clouds, Winds Moderate, too humid

Observing Summary:

No serious issues to report.  The night started off clear, humid
 and breezy. Cirrus and patchy clouds moved in about 4 hours after sunset.  Halfway 
through the night the wind picked up with gusts up to 35 mph.  
Around 3 am the humidity reached 70% outside and 85% in the dome
so I shutdown for the night.  Conditions did not improve.

I was able to observe for about 9 hours with high seeing and some clouds.

One thing to mention, although it did not affect my observing so
I did not fill out a trouble report: The filter2 status switched 
to red stars instead of saying open part way through the night.  
The last time it did this it took powercycling the IE, but since
I was not using filter2 I just left it alone.

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Submitted on 2013 Dec 4 [6:01:57]