MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2008 May 18

Observer(s): Sebastien Lepine
Institution(s): AMNH

Instrument: Direct + Echelle

Worked for 9 hours (all night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 0.9 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 0.8 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 0.7 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Very warm night (21C), some patchy clouds at sunset
which quickly dissipated. But bands of thin cirrus 
clouds around midnight impeding observations for
a while, but gradually clearing. Excellent seeing
throughout.

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Submitted on 2008 May 19 [4:57:45]