MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2018 Aug 06

Observer(s): Clarkson, Fiolka, Blevins
Institution(s): UM-Dearborn

Instrument: Andor

Worked for 5 hours (last half of the night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds from 21:30 until 00:30.
   Beg: Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 2.5 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Main target: V404 Cyg. 
Initially poor seeing, but much improved over time.
Closed first half of the night due to threatening clouds (following closure of KPNO). 
On V404 Cyg from midnight to ~04:20 MST.
No problems with hardware/software.

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Submitted on 2018 Aug 7 [4:50:14]