MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2010 Mar 04

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

Instrument: Direct Echelle

Worked for 6 hours (part of the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Fog from 11pm until 2pm.
   Beg: Seeing 1.3 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Fog/Low Clouds, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Cirrus at the beginning of the night. Then the humidity climbed
up steadily. I had to close down the telescope at 9:20 pm due
to high humidity, and stayed closed until about 3 am. There was
fog at some point. The conditions got better after 3 am, and
I was able to observe till dawn.

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Submitted on 2010 Mar 5 [6:44:36]