MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2004 May 14

Observer(s): Paust
Institution(s): Dartmouth

Instrument: Echelle

Worked for 5 hours (most of the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds all night.
   Beg: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.4 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Given that it really looked cloudy in the afternoon, it's somewhat surprising to me that I got any observing done.  The weather was very thin patchy clouds.  However, I was able to monitor several lenses and observe a field in one of my globular clusters

I also took advantage of the clouds to practice getting dome flats since we're going to be using all 5 UBVRI filters on some nights this week.

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Submitted on 2004 May 15 [4:35:44]