MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2014 Oct 26

Observer(s): Ryan Chornock
Institution(s): Ohio University

Instrument: CCDS/Retrocam

Worked for 4 hours (first half of the night)
Bad weather most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds all night.
   Beg: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.0 arcsec, Overcast, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing N/A arcsec, Overcast, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:


Mostly washed out by clouds and high humidity.

Open in evening twilight -- closed for 1 hour due to humidity -- open for 4 hours through clouds -- closed for good at 12:15am.
One of those frustrating nights for weather where you get a little bit of mediocre data and then shut down, but it is never definitively bad enough to go to bed.

I was able to successfully get a little data on a few bright objects.
The conditions were marginal for much of time I was open. The humidity hovered between 70-80% and the clouds were variable, but usually too thick (>2 mags) for my primary targets.
Shut down around 12:15am when the humidity crept back up into the 80s again and I noticed condensation on my car.




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Submitted on 2014 Oct 27 [7:34:21]