MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2007 Jun 05

Observer(s): Piscionere, Shawhan, Kanner
Institution(s): columbia, umd

Instrument: mdm8k

Worked for 6 hours (last half of the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   High Winds from 11 until 1.
   Beg: Overcast, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 1.8 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds High, closed for an hour
   End: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

We observed galaxies using a trigger based gravitational wave search.
The beggining of the night was cloudy, and at 12 the winds picked up.
the 4m closed and we followed suit for about an hour around 12:30.  We opened up after the winds calmed down about an hour later.

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Submitted on 2007 Jun 6 [4:21:42]