MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2011 Feb 15

Observer(s): Jackie Faherty
Institution(s): American Museum of Natural History

Instrument: Nellie

Worked for 8 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 Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

The seeing was variable and began at 2 . The guider lost tracking twice during the evening.
I'm not sure why this happened.  The two times were both around midnight. 

Otherwise the evening progressed nicely.  There was minimal cloud coverage.  The seeing remained variable.  The wind was calm.

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Submitted on 2011 Feb 16 [7:21:12]