MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2017 Jan 18

Observer(s): John Thorstensen
Institution(s): Dartmouth

Instrument: Andor direct + buckeye FW

Worked for 8 hours (first half of the night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds from 1:30 until end.
   Beg: Seeing 1+ arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable, open
   Mid: Seeing 1+ arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable, open
   End: Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable, closed

Observing Summary:

First half was quite good, with good transparency and decent 
seeing - dark, too.  By 1:30 MST or so it was too cloudy to work,
so I closed.  Remote dropleaf command failed on closure -- see 
trouble report.  Otherwise, everything worked well.

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Submitted on 2017 Jan 19 [3:01:44]