[Astro-mdm-report] MDM 2.4m Observing Report for 2022 Apr 12

[John.R.Thorstensen at Dartmouth.edu]

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A 'fugue state' is a term from psychiatry describing a
somewhat zombie-like mental state in which the patient
wanders without seemingly being fully aware of what they're
doing.  With the old control system, the dome seemed
to enter 'fugue states' pretty frequently, but does 
so much less frequently with the new MDM one.

John


On Wed, 13 Apr 2022, obs24m--- via ASTRO-mdm-report wrote:

> MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2022 Apr 12
>
> Observer(s): Rupert
> Institution(s): MDM
>
> Instrument: OSMOS/B
>
> Worked for 10 hours (all night)
> Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
> No equipment or software problems were encountered.
>
> Seeing and Weather:
>   Beg: Seeing 1.9 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
>   Mid: Seeing 1.6 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
>   End: Seeing 1.3 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
>
> Observing Summary:
>
> During evening twilight, while the dome was tracking, it decided
> to rotate on its own. It was at azimuth ~70 and rotated counter-
> clockwise to about the home position. It then rotated back to the
> telescope position (clockwise). No other dome walks occurred.
>
> It was pretty windy to start the night, but calmed as it went
> along.
>
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>
> Submitted on 2022 Apr 13 [4:48:35]
>
> Observer Contact Email: jurupert at umich.edu (Note: will not appear in versions of the report archived online)
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John R. Thorstensen
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Dartmouth College
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Hanover, NH 03755

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