MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2009 May 23

Observer(s): Feiden
Institution(s): Dartmouth

Instrument: OSU 4k

Worked for 9 hours (all night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds from 00:30 until 03:00.
   Beg: Seeing 0.9 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Moderate
   End: Seeing 1.3 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

Great start to the night. The weather predictions gradually got
better over the past few days and the clouds parted wonderfully 
for the first part of the night. After about 12:30a the clouds
rolled back in and every hole was soon followed by a well placed 
cloud. Around 3a the clouds finally gave way again, just in time
to get a few more decent images before twilight. I was also
plagued by steady winds during the night. No matter where I was
imaging, the winds seemed to follow. The 1.3m has a reputation 
for swaying when you exhale and held to it this night. I have many
stars that have grown tails!

No problems this night. There was a power failure around 5:30ish 
but all was well aside from the fact that the coffee maker and 
microwave are flashing 12:00.

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Submitted on 2009 May 24 [6:00:25]