MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2008 Jan 01

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

Instrument: templeton/direct

Worked for 1 hours (part of the night)
Conditions were Overcast most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds all night.
   Beg: Seeing 2.5 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm
   Mid: Overcast, Winds Calm
   End: Overcast, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Clouds were hanging around when I woke up and stuck with us 'til
about an hour after twilight.  Then it cleared.  Although I knew  
it was just a hole, I opened and got a 40-minute spectacularly 
mediocre time series on a cv.  Then the window of opportunity 
closed.  

It's just past 1am now.  By all accounts (sky clock, radar ...) 
the rest of the night's a no-go.  So I'm gonna turn in.  

(Filled the dewar at 00:15.)

Jeeze, with these southwestern clouds I just don't know what's 
going on.  In the Northeast when clouds show up, you know they'll
stick around for at least two months.

G'night,

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Submitted on 2008 Jan 2 [1:02:38]