MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2017 Mar 13

Observer(s): Price-Whelan, Oh
Institution(s): Princeton University

Instrument: Modspec + echelle

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 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.4 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

The dome entered its infamous  fugue state  and would only register rotations in the clockwise direction. After talking to Eric, I unplugged and re-plugged the power cable on the dome encoder box. All worked fine after that.

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Submitted on 2017 Mar 14 [6:02:55]