MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2004 Nov 17

Observer(s): Sheets
Institution(s): Dartmouth

Instrument: mark III + templeton

Worked for 4 hours (all night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds all night.
   Beg: Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable, briefly too humid
   Mid: Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

I wasn't able to make many observations, as the cirrus clouds,
very thick at times, obscurred all but the brightest stars in 
the field, and so I was unable to identify my targets.  After 
four hours of staring at blank fields, I tried switching to the 
wider field camera to see if that helped visibility at all.  
When I tried changing the filters on the camera, xmis froze.  I
wasn't able to kill the window as described in the manual, so I 
gave up, and closed up.

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Submitted on 2004 Nov 18 [5:45:54]