MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2004 Oct 16

Observer(s): Dirk Grupe, Ryan Biesemeyer
Institution(s): OSU + Univ. of Oklahoma

Instrument: Direct + Templeton

Worked for 7 hours (first half of the night)
Bad weather most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Very bad weather from 02:20 until end.
   Beg: Seeing 1.8 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.8 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds High
   End: Fog/Low Clouds, Winds High

Observing Summary:

Pretty lousy night again. We had pretty thick clouds at the beginning 
of the night, but it became clearer later, especially around
midnight. From around 23:00 we got high winds of around 20-30
Mph, so we raised the Dome dropout to minimize the opening of 
the dome slit and closed the dome doors. This kept the telescope 
protected from too much wind. Unfortunately at around 02:00 the 
humidity got 85%. After checking with a flashlight for fog, we
closed the dome at 02:20. 
Still not a completely wasted night. We got one obhject in the 
beginning of the night and our main target for two rounds of UBVI 
imaging.

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Submitted on 2004 Oct 17 [5:16:59]