MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2008 Jan 08

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

Instrument: templeton/direct

Worked for 10 hours (most of the night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   High Humidity from 4am until Dawn?.
   Beg: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.4 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm, high humidity

Observing Summary:

Opened about 20 minutes late and observed under threatening humidity
(mostly above 80%) until it finally climbed above 85% just after 
4am.  Closed at 4:20.  Got three good time series.  Seeing was pretty
good - < 1.5 .)

4:30am now - humidity 90%.  G'night!

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Submitted on 2008 Jan 9 [4:31:20]