MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2008 Dec 19

Observer(s): S. Lepine
Institution(s): AMNH

Instrument: Direct + Echelle

Worked for 13 hours (all night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 0.8 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.0 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Very low humidity tonight for a change, with relatively
good seeing, but many patches of cirrus clouds and a veil
of altostratus. Trying to make the most of the second
longest night of the year, I observed 31 of our parallax 
targets.

Many thanks once more to the MDM staff for their support;
it's alway nice to have a run with no technical problem.
Happy Holidays to all.

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Submitted on 2008 Dec 20 [6:56:16]