MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2003 Oct 07

Observer(s): armstrong, tuttle
Institution(s): columbia

Instrument: templeton/direct

No Observing (see comments below)
Conditions were Overcast most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds all night.

Observing Summary:

High humidity and a bunch of clouds.  no observing.



'It's Way Dark Up Here'

The stars have gone tonight
The moon's a vanished sight
Our Mars does not burn red
And Jupiter's a-bed
The Milky Way ain't there
All light has hid somewhere.

A blanket overcast
Hangs low, though moving fast.
So how long will this last?
And shall it soon be past?
Might wakefulness outlast
Such weather that's amassed?

No, my zeal's been surpassed
And notably outclassed.
For sadly I foresee
Exhaustion and ennui
Will beckon me to rest
Through this tempest's* egress.



*Okay, so it's not really a tempest.  But it sounds more poetic 
than 'clouds', don't you think?


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Submitted on 2003 Oct 8 [1:55:55]