MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2017 May 15

Observer(s): S Hamilton, B Greaves, B Dittenber, Z Felker, M Past
Institution(s): University of Michigan

Instrument: 4k Imager

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

Seeing and Weather:
   High Humidity all night.
   Beg: Seeing 1.8 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate, Seeing is estimate
   Mid: Seeing 1.8 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate, Seeing is estimate
   End: Seeing 1.8 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm, Seeing is estimate

Observing Summary:

Obtained observations for three student projects. The first was
H-alpha observations of a galaxy with an AGN. The second was observations
of Near Earth Objects. The third was optical imaging of Messier object 18.

Weather was decent at the beginning of the night, but worsened as the 
night continued. Wind increased until ~1:30am. Humidity increased throughout
the night, hit 80% around 3am. Closed the dome at 3am.

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Submitted on 2017 May 16 [3:26:31]