MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2024 Apr 15

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

Instrument: Templeton

Worked for 8 hours (most of the night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 1.4 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Moderate
   End: Seeing 2.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

The night started off with excellent seeing and excellent tracking.
Around 9:40pm a thick cirrus surprise, together with the bright
moon, resulted in the loss of about 2 hours.  Toward the end of
the night the seeing blew up to almost 5 arcseconds for a while.
Otherwise, a very good night..

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Submitted on 2024 Apr 16 [5:26:49]