MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2015 Oct 08

Observer(s): Alper
Institution(s): Dartmouth

Instrument: Modspec/Templeton

Worked for 8 hours (most of the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm
   End: Overcast, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Tonight started out far better than last night (my apologies for
the lack of report, by the way). No clouds, low humidity, good
conditions all around. Everything went smoothly until about
1:00 am local time, when clouds began to come in. Observations
continued in spite of that, though cover became heavy by 2:00 am
LST (had totally lost a guide star at this point).

At that time, KPNO closed their domes due to threatening clouds.
Furthermore, Christine and Rob at the 2.4 were wrapping up for
the night in preparation for their travel home tomorrow, so they
closed as well. Although weather websites still show no chance
of rain (2:23 am LST), as a remote observer I'm at the mercy of
those on the ground, and I feel my only safe course of action is
to close early as well.

Hopefully tomorrow night the good weather will persist!

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Submitted on 2015 Oct 9 [2:26:56]