MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2014 May 06

Observer(s): Runnoe
Institution(s): PSU

Instrument: CCDS

Worked for 5 hours (last half of the night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   High Humidity from 03:00 until 06:00.
   Beg: Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm, High humidity
   Mid: Seeing 1.6 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.7 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm, High humidity

Observing Summary:

I lost ~3 hours tonight due to weather.  At sunset there were some
clouds that thickened during twilight.  The clouds started to clear,
but there was dust in the air.  When the dust had settled, the
humidity was too high to open.  When the humidity came down, the 
clouds were back.  I finally opened around 6:00 UT.  

I had to make some decisions about what to observe because the schedule was shot
by the weather.  I followed NGC 3227 until its airmass became too
high rather than going to PG 1244 since I've been having trouble
with the nodding.  When I did set up on PG 1244 I experienced 
the nodding issue (see trouble report), so I moved on to try to finish the rest of the
night with the regular schedule.  During the first exposure of
the last target the humidity shot up and I had to close.  I was
unable to get the final standard, so I only have one standard 
for tonight.

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Submitted on 2014 May 7 [4:27:25]