MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2006 Sep 24

Observer(s): Sharma, Statler, & McCowan
Institution(s): Ohio University

Instrument: 8k CCD

Worked for 11 hours (all night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.4 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.3 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.3 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Evening started out promising but didn't quite live up to it :( 
Still, we managed to get hours of imaging on three of our target
galaxy groups.

This has been the warmest night of our run, with temperatures
always above 15C. The sky seemed to brighten considerably around 
midnight. Transparency degraded from reasonably good to fair.

Outside humidity ranged from 45-65%. The corresponding dome relative
humidity, however, was inevitably 10-15% higher (something we've 
wondered about the previous two nights as well).

Instruments and software worked well.

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Submitted on 2006 Sep 25 [6:15:31]