MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2002 Jan 14

Observer(s): Halpern, Jackson
Institution(s): Columbia

Instrument: Templeton Direct

Worked for 7.5 hours (first half of the night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds all night.
   Beg: Seeing 1.0 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 2.5 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds High
   End: Overcast, Winds High

Observing Summary:

Various calibrations, and time series of one cataclysmic
variable.  Sky became overcast, preventing observations
in the second half of the night.

Saw one instance of the guider 'jump', a rare but
familiar event to frequent users of the 1.3m.

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Submitted on 2002 Jan 15 [6:08:34]