OSU/RC Queue Observing UTC 2012 Feb 16
(civil date 2012 Feb 15/Feb 16 2012)
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Observers: Roberta Humphreys, Skyler Grammar, Jill Gerke, Sun Mi Chung
Observing Assistant: David Gonzalaz Huerta
Support Astronomer : Olga Kuhn

Instrument: MODs

5:30pm- Started bias series, 8kx3k and 3kx3k

clear directly overhead, clouds to north and west.

6:30pm- opening dome!!!

6:40pm- starting test skyflats, too late for good flats

6:50pm- moving to first target, acquire standard star g191b2b

7:00pm- observing standard star g191b2b, seeing 1.5-2"  
        thin cirrus overhead

7:26pm- acq AZ_W3, seeing variable ~2" 

7:40pm- alignment a bit off reaquiring, clouds thicker

7:48pm- alignment looks good, starting obs for AZ_W3, clouds overhead, guide star jumping a bit, seeing variable at ~1.0-2.0"

9:20pm- moved to UM_m81, guide star too dim due to clouds

9:30pm- resent preset, now guiding better

9:33pm- wind speed an issue, moving telescope to measure wind speed better. 

9:40pm- wind speed ok, dropped.  acquiring UM_m81 again, guiding better, still clouds overhead though. seeing ~1.2

9:55pm- starting UM_m81 obs, seeing variable at ~1.5", variable clouds overhead
        first exp some clouds, 2nd exp better seeing, less clouds

11:11pm- lost guide star due to clouds, stopped 4th set of exposures after 10min (of 20min) may not be usable due to clouds.  clouds thickening.  Reset pointing star. tried to acquire UM_m81 again, didn't work, clouds too thick for guiding.  

11:31pm- acquiring standard star feige 34

11:41pm-  started standard star obs,  variable, thickening clouds overhead. guide star jumping around. lost guiding.  Can't get standard star though clouds. aborting exposures. 

11:45pm- clouded over. closing dome.