MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2014 Aug 22

Observer(s): R. Mark Wagner
Institution(s): OSU

Instrument: CCDS

Worked for 1 hours (part of the night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   High Humidity from 21:15 until 04:30.
   Beg: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm, Humidity 83%
   Mid: Fog/Low Clouds, Winds Calm
   End: Fog/Low Clouds, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

First night of 2014B.  The telescope and CCDS came up without any issues.  After threatening
clouds most of the day it began to clear just after sunset.  The 4-m operator gave the ok to
open around 20:15 and the humidity was within limits at MDM.  But after opening for about an hour the 
humidity reached the 85% limit and I closed.  The 4-m reopened around 03:15 and the humidity at MDM
was below the limit but the building was dripping wet so I shut everything down for the night.

No issues were encountered.  The facility is in great shape.  The screen insert covering the garage door
worked great.  It is a welcome addition.  The new guider focus GUI worked great as well.  The new WiFi
works pretty much all through the facility.  Thanks to Eric, Paul, and Tony for their efforts during 
shutdown.  

I only slewed to one target but it came up within 15 arcsec of the hotspot I set on the slit so the pointing
looks ok so far.  The recalibration we did of the CCDS slit width zero point over the summer was also 
successful.  87 microns does now correspond to 1 arcsec so the table on the CCDS web page can be used
again for slit width adjustment. 

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Submitted on 2014 Aug 23 [13:14:56]