MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2017 Mar 31

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

Instrument: Andor direct + buckeye FW

Worked for 8 hours (most of the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds from 9 until 11PM.
   Beg: Seeing 1+ arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 1+ arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 1+ arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Mostly very nice, but with a 2+ hour episode of heavy high 
cloud in the first half.  Seeing was decent.  Dome refused to 
close by remote at the end of the night, so I went down and
closed it using the local control.

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Submitted on 2017 Apr 1 [6:22:11]