MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2007 Sep 06

Observer(s): Piscionere,Kanner
Institution(s): CU, UMD

Instrument: 8k

Worked for 2 hours (last half of the night)
Bad weather most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   High Humidity all night.
   Beg: Fog/Low Clouds, Winds Calm, High Humidty
   Mid: Overcast, Winds Calm, High Humidty
   End: Seeing 4 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm, High Humidty

Observing Summary:

We opened up once the humidity dropped well below 85% and the 4m opened which was around 3am.
We spent the time open trying to find a bright star, but the telescope seems hopelessly lost at this point.
There was a weird banging noise caused by the guider, as described in the trouble report.
We closed at 5 because the humidty was rising again.

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Submitted on 2007 Sep 7 [4:57:29]