MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2017 Oct 14

Observer(s): John Thorstensen
Institution(s): Dartmouth

Instrument: OSMOS/B

Worked for 9 hours (all night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 1 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 1 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Beautiful night with much better seeing than last night, but 
a little cirrus.  Everything worked well, though I've been 
noticing occasional tracking errors, one of which was severe
enough to knock the guide star out of the box.  These are  fairly
rare, and the telescope is basically behaving itself very well. 
Rob Fesen is on next, and will be taking long-exposure images --
this should give a much clearer idea of just how severe this 
is in operational terms. 

Left a bit early to fly home.  There are glitches (literal),
but overall I am very happy with this upgrade.  The telescope
is, quite simply, no longer living on borrowed time.  

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Submitted on 2017 Oct 15 [3:57:33]