MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2001 Nov 01

Observer(s): Molly Hammell
Institution(s): Dartmouth

Instrument: ONIS

Worked for 5 hours (off and on through the night)
Bad weather most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   High Humidity from 12pm until dawn.
   Beg: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Fog from the foothills kept drifting up and over to the telescopes. 
My humidity reader said it was only at 75%, but there was condensation 
forming on the car's body and starting to roll from the windows.  Also, 2.4m 
registered a humidity of 85% when mine was at 74% (much lower for the second night in a row).

Tried to open up later, when it was back down to ~82% at 2.4 and 71% here, 
but I only got ~30minutes in before it jumped back up again.



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Submitted on 2001 Nov 2 [5:18:11]