MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2012 Jun 02

Observer(s): John Thorstensen
Institution(s): Dartmouth

Instrument: Nellie + Buckeye FW direct

Worked for 5 hours (last half of the night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds from start until midnt.
   Beg: Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.3 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

Heavy cirrus over most of the sky for the first half -- unusable.
Improved considerably after midnight and was almost photometric
for a while before dawn (under moonlight all night).  Seeing was 
steady at a bit above 1 arcsec.

The fire at Baboquivari is now named the Montezuma fire.  It 
was not as obvious to the eye last night (no Mount Doom).  Smoke
appears to be blowing to the east and is well clear of us at 
this point.  Winds were lighter; evening visibility was 
better than last night.

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Submitted on 2012 Jun 3 [5:24:42]