MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2024 Dec 09

Observer(s): John Thorstensen
Institution(s): Dartmouth

Instrument: Templeton direct

Worked for 13 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   High Winds from 1 AM until dawn.
   Beg: Seeing 1+ arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   End: Seeing 2+ arcsec, Clear, Winds High

Observing Summary:

Almost perfectly clear all night, but the temperature fell and 
winds picked up after midnight, making the seeing pretty bad. I 
had a bright target in the morning for which I could still 
get very nice data.

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Submitted on 2024 Dec 10 [6:55:22]