MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2004 Jan 06

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

Instrument: templeton/direct

Worked for 11.5 hours (most of the night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.4 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.6 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

The night started off clear; was anticipating a smooth night.  But
clouds moved in around 21:00 and grew increasingly annoying for
the rest of the night.  At 4am I stopped integrations in order
to avoid hitting the north pier.  Found that the past ~ 30 images 
were useless anyway.  No other objects to look at that would
survive this well, so I'm closing now.

Seeing stayed great all night, despite the clouds.

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Submitted on 2004 Jan 7 [4:07:48]