MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2009 Apr 07

Observer(s): M. Kilic
Institution(s): OSU/CfA

Instrument: Direct Echelle

Worked for 8 hours (all night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds all night.
   Beg: Seeing 0.9 arcsec, Overcast, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 0.9 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds High
   End: Seeing 1.3 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds High

Observing Summary:

Clouds all night. It was overcast at sunset, but got slightly
better in an hour. Got windy around midnight. The combination of
clouds, wind, and the moon did not help much, but I was still
able to observe in between the clouds. I'm not sure how useful
the data will be, but I have got some decent images with
0.9arcsecond seeing. The windshake deteriorated the image
quality after 1 am.

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Submitted on 2009 Apr 8 [5:51:45]