MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2007 Apr 08

Observer(s): Birgit Otte, Jun Ji
Institution(s): University of Michigan

Instrument: Templeton

Worked for 6  hours (last half of the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   High Humidity from 8pm until 1am.
   Beg: Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Fog/Low Clouds, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

We were able to take the sky flat and calibration frames for 1 hour
after the sunset until the humility got too high,96%(you can even
see the light beam in the air). We closed the dome for a few hours
until 1am,when the humility dropped below 85%. Then we observed till
6am. Thin clouds were there most of the time. And we finally took
several nice sky flats before the sun rise.

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Submitted on 2007 Apr 9 [7:02:07]