MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2019 Jan 29

Observer(s): Podjed, Stephanie
Institution(s): Dartmouth College

Instrument: Templeton

Worked for 3.5 hours (part of the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds all night.
   Beg: Overcast, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.8 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Overcast, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Run was clouded out most of the night- did not see a sizable clearing in 
them until around 1:00 am MST. Was able to open and get data then; got 
bias images in at beginning of night.

Camera control of autoguider was not connected at the beginning, so I 
just had to find the info regarding this in the manual to set it up/get it 
connected. Once that was established, was able to get some observations 
in. 

Clouds began coming in again around 2:30am; lost guide star completely/
was unable to find it. Clouds just kept getting worse. 

Waited about an hour to see if the sky would clear again and checked the
radar for Sells to see if there would possibly be another sizable patch of
clear sky- did not see any & Clear Sky Chart did not show any promising 
things for later into the morning.

As such, did not open again.

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Submitted on 2019 Jan 30 [3:39:49]