MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2024 Oct 31

Observer(s): Laura Hunter, John, Emmanuel
Institution(s): Dartmouth

Instrument: OSMOS

Worked for 11 hours (all night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds from 2:00  until end.
   Beg: Seeing 1.1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.1 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Calm night taking spectra with OSMOS of 4 diffuse galaxies and several CVs. We had small jump in RA during the night.
Small concerns related to temperature and focus
The OSMOS air temperature is displaying as 85-90 C and temperature display not updating
CamFocus appears to not agree with Rupert's graph and telescope focus not updating correctly.

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Submitted on 2024 Nov 1 [6:14:52]