MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2001 Nov 09

Observer(s): Scott Gaudi and Chris Burke
Institution(s): OSU

Instrument: 8K

Worked for 1.0 hours (first half of the night)
Conditions were Overcast most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds all night.
   Beg: Seeing 1.6 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm
   Mid: Overcast, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Overcast, Winds Light & Variable, humid

Observing Summary:

Patchy clouds early, with extremely poor seeing (>= 1.5 ).
Completely overcast by about 8:30 pm.   There was a short window
of about 45 min where some observations were possible around
11pm, then completely overcast for the remainder of the night. 
Humidity in the dome rose to about 86% near 5am, forcing us to
close entirely.  Overall, a rather poor night. 

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Submitted on 2001 Nov 10 [6:21:45]