MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2006 Mar 07

Observer(s): Peeples, Molly
Institution(s): Ohio State

Instrument: 8k

Worked for 7 hours (first half of the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   High Humidity all night.
   Beg: Seeing 0.7 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   End: Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

What a lovely night of watching the humidity rise and the
temperature flirt with the dew point.  Eventually things
got to close for comfort (actually, it went from nice and
clear to not being able to see any stars on a focus frame
in about fifteen minutes, even though the humidity, dew
point, and temperature had all been relatively constant for
a while...).  Closed the dome around 2:40, and as the humidity
is now 90% and still climbing, this was probably a good decision....


Observed NGC2403, M81, and the Bootes field before grinding to a halt.

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Submitted on 2006 Mar 8 [4:13:25]