MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2015 Dec 15

Observer(s): Douglas, Nunez
Institution(s): Columbia

Instrument: ModSpec/Echelle

Worked for 9 hours (most of the night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Clear, Winds Light & Variable, poor seeing
   Mid: Cirrus, Winds Moderate, poor seeing
   End: Cirrus, Winds Moderate, poor seeing

Observing Summary:

We had an exciting mix of mostly minor issues, but still managed 
to get a decent amount of data.  Astronomically, seeing was 
poor and there were high clouds in the second half of the night.

We lost about an hour at the beginning of 
the night to fixing the pointing. We also lost half an hour in 
the middle of the night to things that go bump in the night (we 
now think the issue was a door to the dome not closing all the 
way, then being shaken into closing properly when the dome moved)
The guider went haywire on one target and started jerking the 
telescope around in random 10-15  jumps. Finally, as we closed 
up, one of the mirror cover petals didn't close at first. 
(See trouble reports for the last three items.)

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Submitted on 2015 Dec 16 [6:22:51]