MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2003 Nov 01

Observer(s): Bureau, Kamphuis
Institution(s): Columbia, Groningen

Instrument: Echelle, f/7.6 Direct Imaging

Worked for 5.5 hours (first half of the night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Fog from 00:30 until 07:00.
   Beg: Seeing 2.0 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm
   Mid: Fog/Low Clouds, Winds Calm
   End: Fog/Low Clouds, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

We continued our optical imaging of the Sauron survey early-type galaxies. We worked only for the first half of the night, and mostly with/through scattered cirrus, although a couple of hours were quite clear. The humidity then rose and fog/low-clouds came. We stayed close for the rest of the night.

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Submitted on 2003 Nov 2 [6:41:53]