MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2010 Nov 01

Observer(s): D. Milisavljevic
Institution(s): Dartmouth College

Instrument: MKIII + Templeton

Worked for 10 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 2.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   End: Seeing 2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

A night of frustratingly bad seeing. It remained around or above
two arcseconds for most of the evening. Wind gusts of up to 20 mph
were recorded. However, I still marched on, managing to make
some solid observations of faint objects despite the ballooning
stars all around me. Worst of all was that the seeing dramatically
improved on my last standard star observation. Sigh.

Overall it has been an excellent run. I'll comment once more
about the efficiency of the setup I've been using. The Andor
cameras allow me to setup on my targets much more quickly than
in the past, saving me A LOT of overhead and making me REALLY
happy.

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Submitted on 2010 Nov 2 [5:06:57]