MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2013 May 24

Observer(s): Katie Wolf and Claire Ding
Institution(s): Columbia

Instrument: Termpleton

Worked for 10 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Clear, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Clear, Winds Moderate
   End: Clear, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

Owl kept reading out warnings about the temperature and then it started showing errors that read  Reset controller failed  and stopped working. We fixed it by exiting Owl and turning off the controller, then turning it back on and restarting Owl. This happened twice. Also we noticed that Owl registered a temperature of -7.6 C even though the dewar was just filled. 

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Submitted on 2013 May 25 [4:51:11]