MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2004 Oct 15

Observer(s): D. Grupe, K. Leighly, R. Biesemeyer
Institution(s): OSU + Univ. of Oklahoma

Instrument: Direct + Templeton

Worked for 9 hours (most of the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds all night.
   Beg: Seeing 3.0 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 2.0 arcsec, Overcast, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 2.0 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Pretty lousy night with lots of clouds. Managed to get at 
least three rounds of data on our main target PHL 1092 plus some data 
on some additional sources. Not great but got at least something.
Closed dome at 23:20 due to thick clouds. We watched the movie 'Okie 
Noodleing'. Reopened dome at 00:43 and started observing through clouds.
At the end of the night we could see Mercury again (with our eyes).

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Submitted on 2004 Oct 16 [6:04:42]