MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2008 Jan 16

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

Instrument: echelle CCD direct + 4in FW

Worked for 8 hours (most of the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds all night.
   Beg: Overcast, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.3 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 1. arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

The sky was covered with high cloud at sunset, so I was open only
briefly to catch  cloudflats .  After 10 PM conditions gradually
improved and the second half was mostly usable (though there were
always lingering clouds).  Seeing was pretty decent.  Parallaxes
of CVs and Lepine-Shara proper motion stars.

------------------------------

Submitted on 2008 Jan 17 [6:44:56]