MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2006 Jan 02

Observer(s): eve armstrong
Institution(s): columbia

Instrument: templeton/direct

Worked for 12 hours (all night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds all night.
   Beg: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 2 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Partly cloudy all night, and evening began with pretty spunky 
winds.  At start, got several long exposures on Swift error circle
of GRB 060102 - couldn't see it.  Then switched to cv's.  Got two
time series (PQ And, DW Cnc) that aren't worth much.  Closed an 
hour early to make the guider pc stop beeping.

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Submitted on 2006 Jan 3 [5:09:09]