MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2016 Jun 19

Observer(s): Weil
Institution(s): Dartmouth

Instrument: Andor Direct

Worked for 3.5 hours (all night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds from 11:00 until 2:30.
   Beg: Seeing 1+ arcsec, Smoke, Winds Moderate, Only on horizon
   Mid: Smoke, Winds Moderate, Entire Sky Covered
   End: Seeing 1+ arcsec, Smoke, Winds Moderate, Only on Horizon

Observing Summary:

The telescope worked fine, but the conditions were highly 
impacted by the smoke onto the mountain. The smoke starting off
only in the South but quickly spread into the Eastern sky and 
eventually covered almost the entire sky at about 11pm. There also
appeared to be some dust in the air, so I felt it better to close 
the mirrors than try to fight through the clouds. Around 2:30am, 
the clouds seemed to break and the dust seemed to decrease.

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Submitted on 2016 Jun 20 [4:47:41]