MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2006 Aug 22

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

Instrument: Direct + Echelle

Worked for 2 hours (off and on through the night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Rain from 7 until 9.
   Beg: Overcast, Winds Light & Variable, thunderstorm, rain
   Mid: Seeing 1.0 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm
   End: Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

A thunderstrom at sunset. I had to do lightning shutdown
of both the 2.4m and 1.3m. Rain for a couple of hours, but then
everything cleared up around 11pm and the humidity shot down.
I opened the 2.4m and observed targets for a little more than
an hour. Dense cirrus clouds then covered the sky again. They
started to clear up later in the night, at which time
I was down using the 1.3m (see 1.3m report).

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Submitted on 2006 Aug 23 [5:37:32]