MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2018 Apr 18

Observer(s): Jules Halpern
Institution(s): Columbia

Instrument: Templeton

Worked for 10 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.7 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.6 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

For most of the night the seeing and tracking were very good.
The seeing got worse around 2 am.  Then the wind picked up
a little, and the last 1.3 hours of the night was ruined by
violent N-S nodding.  The wind was about 11 mph at this point.
I closed the dropleaf, which helped a little but not enough.

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Submitted on 2018 Apr 19 [5:28:19]