MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2006 May 15

Observer(s): Sebastien Lepine
Institution(s): AMNH

Instrument: Direct + echelle

Worked for 9 hours (most of the night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.0 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 0.9 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

The high clouds prevalent in the afternoon
miraculously dissipated at sunset. Observations
were carried out from 9pm onwards. With that
some excellent seeing, around 1.0 arcsec most of 
the night, very well suited to our parallax program.
Also obtained UBVRI photometry of SN2006X, by 
request of Arlin Crotts. Uneventful night overall, 
with high clouds showing up again, but only shortly 
before sunrise.

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Submitted on 2006 May 16 [5:35:32]