MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2005 May 17

Observer(s): Bonfield, Schawinski
Institution(s): Oxford University

Instrument: TIFKAM/RETROCAM

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 1.2 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Patchy cloud at the start of the night interrupted observations.  Managed to find a gap in the clouds and seeing was around 1 arcsec, so got some nice IR images.  

Later, sky became fairly clear, though never photometric, permitting optical observations with RETROCAM.  Finally, ended night with IR imaging into twilight.  Seeing remained good throughout.

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Submitted on 2005 May 18 [5:07:21]