MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2006 Aug 25

Observer(s): Ajay Tannirkulam
Institution(s): Michigan

Instrument: Templeton

Worked for 1.5 hours (last half of the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds all night.
   Beg: Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm
   Mid: Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm, high humidity
   End: Cirrus, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

It was pretty cloudy from 18:00-21:00 hrs. There was thuderstorm at around
21:30 hrs. I did a lightning shutdown.  The storm dissipated in half an hour 
but the humidity began to rise. The dome humidity stayed at about
the 95% level till 2.30 am after which it began to drop. The dome humidity 
remained higher than the outside humidity by 15% despite all louvers being open. 
I also had the dome fan on but it did not help.
The dome humidity fell to a safe level at 4.00 am. I could observe from 
4.00-5.30 am.

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Submitted on 2006 Aug 26 [5:37:57]