MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2012 Oct 18

Observer(s): Julie Skinner
Institution(s): Dartmouth College

Instrument: MkIII+Nellie

Worked for 7 hours (part of the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds all night.
   Beg: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

There were more clouds from the dissipating tropical storm tonight.  
I stayed open a good portion of the night, but took data through various
amounts of cloud cover.

When I closed, there was a buzzing noise coming from the  driving motor  mounted
near the andor camera.


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Submitted on 2012 Oct 19 [6:15:06]