MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2005 Jan 12

Observer(s): Spiegel
Institution(s): Columbia

Instrument: 8K

Worked for 9 hours (most of the night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm, high humidity
   Mid: Seeing 1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm, 65% humidity
   End: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm, 65% humidity

Observing Summary:

Humidity was fairly high (about 85%) for the first few hours,
but then settled down to about 65%.  The sky was fairly clear.

Finally got one night's worth of data!  No attacks by
scorpions, rattlesnakes, bobcats, or mountain lions.  I had
one scary run-in with a spider, but managed to escape with my
life.

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Submitted on 2005 Jan 13 [18:13:37]