MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2025 Jul 01

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

Instrument: Templeton direct

Worked for 0.5 hours (part of the night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds all night.
   Beg: Overcast, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Definitively bad weather early on, cloudy with rain around, but 
got better after some hours; however, there was always cloud 
around. KPNO was closed for dust all night, so I was a bit 
reluctant to open even though the dust really didn't seem that 
bad.  I did open for less than an hour when a clear spot rolled
though after midnight, but opaque cloud obscured my target after
a while, so I buttoned things up again. A rather frustrating
night, since I there were some stars visible nearly all the 
time in the second half, but with the dust and the difficulty of
getting anything worthwhile in those conditions I let them go. 

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Submitted on 2025 Jul 2 [4:16:59]