MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2012 Sep 03

Observer(s): Colon
Institution(s): UH

Instrument: 4K

Worked for 0.5 hours (part of the night)
Bad weather most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

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

Observing Summary:

I opened the dome at sunset (~19:00).  The conditions were partly cloudy, and the humidity was fairly high (~80%), but I wanted to open ASAP because our target needed to be observed early in the night.
I took a couple sky flats, and noticed a possible condensation pattern on the image, so I shut down and closed the dome immediately.
The weather grew increasingly overcast and the humidity remained high (at or above 80%) all night (at least up until I closed).
Thunderstorms started nearby around 22:00 but nothing significant reached the mountain.
It started raining around 01:30 and remained drizzly and overcast.  I called it a night at 03:00.
No problems were encountered (besides poor observing conditions!).

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Submitted on 2012 Sep 4 [2:52:47]