MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2008 Feb 02

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

Instrument: templeton/direct

Worked for 13.5 hours (all night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 2.2 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Well, on average it was *pretty* photometric, which is qualitatively
different from  mixed : the most accurate available description from 
this pull-down menu.  All in all, I'd say 7 on a scale of 1-10.  
To be more precise: Beginning of the night was Quite Photometric, 
middle of the night was Kinda Photometric, end of the night was 
Sorta-kinda Photometric with patches of 
Not-Very-Much-At-All-(But-Not-Horrible) Photometric.  

Got three time series.  Seeing began around 1.5  but ended 
around 2.2 amid the patchy clouds.  Winds stayed low; kicked up 
half-heartedly late in the night, but lacked the spirit to do 
anything interesting (the garbage can in the dome at last 
enjoyed a restful night.)

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Submitted on 2008 Feb 1 [6:55:21]