MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2006 Jul 06

Observer(s): Piscionere, Harris
Institution(s): Columbia

Instrument: TEMPLETON

Worked for 5 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   High Humidity from 2:30 until end.
   Beg: Seeing 1.7 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 2.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Clear, Winds Calm, Humidity

Observing Summary:

Conditions were good at the beginning of the night until about 2:30
when the humidity went over 85% and we closed up.  After waiting about an hour,
the humdity went down to about 70% so I decided to open up again, and after about 
a half an hour, it got very humid again.

i also had a little problem with aligning on a bright star (as outlined in the trouble report)
but by that time i had to close again, so it wasn't a major issue.

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Submitted on 2006 Jul 6 [4:20:49]