MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2022 Jan 17

Observer(s): Aylin Garcia Soto, Keighley Rockcliffe
Institution(s): Dartmouth College

Instrument: MODSPEC

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

Seeing and Weather:
   High Humidity from 00:00 until 07:31.
   Beg: Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Overcast, Winds Calm, humidty ~80%
   End: Clear, Winds Calm, >85%

Observing Summary:

In the beginning of the night there were no issues but I knew that I would need to shut down before 5am due to high humidity. However, around 21:00 MST clouds started to roll in and around 22:35 MST the clouds began to look threatening/rainy so I closed the telescope (KPNO closed slightly before I did). As the clouds seemed to slowly dissipate around 00:04 MST, the humidity started to grow exponentially (>80%) so instead of opening again, I remained closed (as did KPNO). It hit 85% at 00:34 MST. Lastly, I closed the shutter on owl 3.0 for the night. 

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Submitted on 2022 Jan 18 [0:34:17]