MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2019 Mar 10

Observer(s): Ryan Chornock, Laura Herzog
Institution(s): Ohio University

Instrument: Templeton

Worked for 2 hours (off and on through the night)
Bad weather most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds all night.
   Beg: Seeing 1.75 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Overcast, Winds Moderate
   End: Overcast, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

(remote from the 2.4 control room)

After a good start, we shut down around 8:15pm due to rising humidity. A bit later, the humidity fell back below the limit, but clouds had built up by that point.

The sky finally cleared up around 3am and Kitt Peak (temporarily) reopened, so I also tried opening the 1.3. I ended up with about 10 minutes of usable data before my guide star started playing peek-a-boo.  I waited another half-hour and the clouds just got thicker before I finally gave up.

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Submitted on 2019 Mar 11 [4:35:15]