MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2003 Dec 19

Observer(s): eve armstrong
Institution(s): columbia

Instrument: templeton/direct

Worked for 13.5 hours (all night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds from dusk until 4am.
   Beg: Seeing 1.3 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm
   Mid: Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm
   End: Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Clouds all night.  Made data pretty unusable.  Closed 2.5 hours early (4am.)
Hope you guys all know 'Where Have All the Flowers Gone?'.


'Where Have All Tonight's Stars Gone?'

(To be sung quietly, with an air of deep melancholy and chagrin, while strumming
woefully on an acoustic guiter.)


Where have all tonight's stars gone?
Long time passing
Where have all tonight's stars gone?
Long time ago
Where have all tonight's stars gone?
Cruel clouds have hid them, every one.
Oh, when will their stay adjourn?
Oh, when will their stay adjourn?


Will this haze be now 'til dawn
Still amassing?
Will this haze be now 'til dawn
Hovering low?
Will this haze be now 'til dawn
Ceasing my cv's nightly run?
Or shall shy sparkles return?
Or shall shy sparkles return?


Well, all hope is not foregone; 
It's surpassing
Time, until the night's withdrawn.
This much I know.
I still have eight hours long
Until darkness fades to Sun.
Til then I'll beg, pray, and yearn
For my lost starlight to burn.


*Where has all my patience gone?
It ain't lasting.
Where has all my patience gone?
It's ceased to grow.
Where has all my patience gone?
Those damn clouds stole it, just for fun!
(Oh, when will I ever learn?
Oh, when will I ever learn?)


(* Note: 6-hour time gap between stanzas 3 and 4.)

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Submitted on 2003 Dec 20 [4:05:07]