MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2018 Jun 14

Observer(s): Jules Halpern
Institution(s): Columbia

Instrument: Templeton

Worked for 4 hours (first half of the night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds from 12am until ?.
   Beg: Seeing 2.5 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 2.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   End: Overcast, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

As predicted, it was possible to observe until just before
midnight, when clouds quickly rolled in and made themselves
at home.

The solution to the problem of the dome not homing at the end
of the night is simply to switch the order of the closing
procedure in the manual.  Where it describes how to send the
telescope to zenith and the dome to the home position,
do the dome home instruction first, then the telescope to 
zenith.  This will result in the dome going to the home
position as the telescope is going to zenith.


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Submitted on 2018 Jun 15 [1:10:38]