MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2001 Mar 01

Observer(s): Gavin Dalton
Institution(s): Oxford

Instrument: TIFKAM

Worked for 11.2 hours (all night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.4 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 0.75 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Biggest feature of the night was humidity hovering around the 
critical threshold, so a close watch on cars/railings etc
throughout the night. Seeing was poor (1.2 ) at the start, but
rapidly improved to 1  and was down to 0.75  by the end.

The mirror cooling PC has been reporting a dome RH of >100% since
after sunset. As it is neither foggy nor snowing in the dome 
I believe this reading to be in error!

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Submitted on 2001 Mar 2 [5:12:03]