MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2026 Jan 06

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

Instrument: Templeton direct

Worked for 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: Seeing 1+ arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1+ arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Overcast, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

There was a lot of high cloud for the whole first half, but 
it had some decent gaps in it. I couldn't find my first target
so had to (finally) reset the coordinates on the tilt meters
and then with a bright star; after that, the only problem was 
bad weather.  

Around 1 AM the satellite showed no more breaks coming, and 
the clouds got more opaque -- it's supposed to rain tomorrow and 
the radars were starting to show some echoes.  I closed around
1:30 AM; there's basically no chance or re-opening so I'm 
filing the report now.

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Submitted on 2026 Jan 7 [2:33:19]