MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2006 Sep 09

Observer(s): Manasvita Joshi & Somali Basu
Institution(s): Ohio University

Instrument: Templeton

Worked for 6 hours (last half of the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   High Humidity from 7:30  until 10:00.
   Beg: Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 2.3 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 2.6 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Could not observe from 7:30 p.m till 10:00 p.m due to high 
humidity. Humidity, after 10:00 p.m, decreased and stayed around 
80% for most of the night. We initially had problems with the CCD
as its temperature was high and it had to cooled down but once 
that was done observations went pretty smoothly. Later half of 
the night was mostly photometric with less seeing, humidity and 
wind. 

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Submitted on 2006 Sep 10 [5:37:59]