MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2016 Dec 23

Observer(s): Halpern, Li
Institution(s): Columbia

Instrument: Templeton

Worked for 6.5 hours (most of the night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Cirrus, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 2.7 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   End: Seeing 2.7 arcsec, Clear, Winds High

Observing Summary:

Humidity dropped rapidly at 10:30pm allowing us to open.
Sky was clear, but seeing was very poor, and winds picked up.
Remote observing worked well.  About 38 minutes of data was
ruined by wind shake when pointing into 17-18 mph wind from
the south.  Winds up to 25 mph at the end of the night.

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Submitted on 2016 Dec 24 [6:36:08]