MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2017 Oct 19

Observer(s): Thorstensen & Students
Institution(s): Dartmouth

Instrument: Andor + buckeye fw

Worked for 6 hours (part of the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds from start until 4 am.
   Beg: Seeing 1+ arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Overcast, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 1+ arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

A stream of fast-moving high clouds was passing over nearly
all night, clearing toward dawn.  Mostly it was clear enough to
try to work, but I closed for several hours in the middle
of the night when it was heaviest.  It cleared off nicely
an hour or so before the beginning of twilight.  Did get some 
usable data, as well as other time series that were too
disrupted by cloud to be useful.  All in all, a good run -- the
telescope behaved well.

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Submitted on 2017 Oct 20 [6:12:24]