MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2005 Jan 28

Observer(s): S. Lepine, S. Dong
Institution(s): AMNH, OSU

Instrument: Direct + Echelle

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:
   High Humidity from 4:30 until .
   Beg: Seeing 1.0 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.3 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Clear, Winds Calm, High humidity

Observing Summary:

Clear conditions, with variable but generally
good (1.0''-1.5'') seeing. We carried out our 
parallax program, and observed two quasars from
the Kochanek list. Relative humidity varied thoughout
the night between 60% and 80%, but jumped over 85% a 
little after 4:30AM. The dome was then closed for the 
rest of the night.

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Submitted on 2005 Jan 29 [6:53:07]