MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2003 Jan 21

Observer(s): S. Lepine
Institution(s): Columbia/AMNH

Instrument: MkIII Spectrograph

Worked for 4 hours (part of the night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   High Humidity from 7PM until 1PM.
   Beg: Clear, Winds Light & Variable, High humidity
   Mid: Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable, High humidity
   End: Seeing 1.3 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

High humidity despite clear skies at the start of the night,
then a few patchy clouds from 10PM to midnight. Dome remained
closed. Humidity dropped to 70-75% around 1:30AM dome
was then opened and observations caarried out for 4 hours.
Observed total of 25 more bright high proper motion stars.
Humidity went up above 80% after 5AM, dome was closed at 
5:30AM for the rest of the night.

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Submitted on 2003 Jan 22 [6:26:51]