MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2010 Nov 19

Observer(s): Bird
Institution(s): OSU

Instrument: CCDS

Worked for 6 hours (off and on through the night)
Bad weather most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds all night.
   Beg: Seeing 1.1 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Overcast, Winds High
   End: Seeing 2.5 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds High

Observing Summary:

The telescope and instrument behaved very well. The weather, on
the other hand, was a very poor friend indeed. Most of the sky 
was covered with thin clouds for most of the night. Add to that 
the nearly full moon and you have one bright sky. Got lucky in
the beginning of the night as the objects were in a nice hole
in the clouds. Could not get guide stars or even the objects in
the middle of the night. Closed dome for about 1.5 hours for
precautionary reasons (menacing clouds; the 4m was closed as
well). Reopened about 0330 local time and got one set of 
standards and the last object, N4151. Looking through thin 
clouds and high wind the entire time so seeing was downright
terrible and there was a decent amount of telescope shake. Other
than all that, it was great!

------------------------------

Submitted on 2010 Nov 20 [6:12:18]