MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2013 Dec 29

Observer(s): Gianninas, Darsaklis
Institution(s): University of Oklahoma

Instrument: CCDS

Worked for 9 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 2.2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 2.2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 2.2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Upon pointing to my first target I realized that the pointing was 
off. Following the procedure to reset the RA and DEC encoders at 
zenith, I was unable to find the bright star when I reset the 
encoders. It took almost 2 hours to finally find a bright star 
that showed up just outside the field of the acquisition camera. 
During the rest of the night I had to re-center on bright stars 
on a few occasions. Luckily my observing program is more heavy 
at the end of the night so the delay caused by this issue was 
somewhat mitigated.

Besides the pointing issue, everything worked well and we had a 
full night of clear skies for observing though the seeing was 
not that great.
 



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Submitted on 2013 Dec 30 [6:49:49]