MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2013 Mar 24

Observer(s): Terndrup, Lucy
Institution(s): OSU, Oklahoma University

Instrument: TIFKAM

Worked for 10.5 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.0 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 0.9 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.3 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

BALQSOs:
 -- JHK imaging
 -- Deep imaging of one interesting object under conditions of good seeing
 -- Spectra of another interesting object

The sensors for the mirror air conditioning are giving crazy values, and so the
system will apparently not cool the mirror.  We had good seeing in the middle
of the night, but then *maybe* the mirror got warmer than ambient.  It would
be really nice if the mirror cooling were working, so we had some confidence
that we were getting the most out of each night.

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Submitted on 2013 Mar 25 [5:07:55]