MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2009 Apr 14

Observer(s): Atlee
Institution(s): OSU

Instrument: Echelle CCD

Worked for 6.5 hours (off and on through the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds from 1:00 until 3:00.
   Beg: Seeing 1.4 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Moderate, early clouds
   Mid: Seeing 1.6 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds High
   End: Seeing 1.4 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

I took images of four separate clusters plus standard star fields
intermittently throughout the night.  The weather cleared for a
few hours at the beginning of the night before becoming cloudy
and then clearing again at around 3 AM.  The wind conditions were
marginally bad, occasionally gusting close to the safety limit but
never actually reaching it.

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Submitted on 2009 Apr 15 [6:09:07]