MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2006 Dec 16

Observer(s): Pereira/McGreer
Institution(s): Columbia

Instrument: MDM8K

Worked for 4 hours (first half of the night)
Bad weather most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   High Humidity from 12 until .
   Beg: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds High
   Mid: Cirrus, Winds Moderate
   End: Cirrus, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

Strong winds all night.  Seeing was actually good early on,
though the telescope had difficulty tracking due to the ~25mph
winds.  Sky was clear enough for a few imaging sequences, then
around midnight the humidity rose rapidly and we closed.  Humidity
remained >95% rest of the night.

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Submitted on 2006 Dec 17 [8:23:31]