MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2007 Jan 29

Observer(s): John Thorstensen
Institution(s): Dartmouth

Instrument: Echelle CCD direct + 2 in FW

Worked for 3 hours (off and on through the night)
Bad weather most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds from 21:00 until 4:00.
   Beg: Seeing 1 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Overcast, Winds Moderate
   End: Seeing 2 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Very unpromising in the afternoon, but cleared up briefly a little
after sunset.  Then socked in again after a while, and a heavy
cloud bank passed through for the next 7 hours.  Then it cleared
again briefly, but never very clear, and clouded up again before
twilight.  The seeing was decent for the first part, but pretty
terrible in the morning -- temperature had dropped, mirror was
warm, and weather was passing through, many causes to choose
from.

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Submitted on 2007 Jan 30 [6:08:43]