MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2001 Dec 24

Observer(s): Cindy Taylor
Institution(s): Dartmouth/Lawrenceville

Instrument: Mk III

Worked for 13 hours (all night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing ~2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable, high humidity
   Mid: Seeing 2-3 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   End: Seeing 3+ arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

Telescope and instruments behaved.  Only problem was exploding lightbulb
as mentioned in trouble report.

Beginning of the night had high humidity, but it dropped during
the night. Also had periods of gusting winds up to 25+ mph from
the east.  Died down around 2 am but picked up again around 4 am.
Closed about half hour early due to atrocious seeing (3+).

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Submitted on 2001 Dec 25 [14:45:08]