MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2016 Jun 09

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

Instrument: modspec+echelle CCD

Worked for 0.5 hours (part 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 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Smoke, Winds Moderate
   End: Smoke, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

A thunderstorm far to SE threw cirrus up that stayed around most 
of the night and got heavy at times; not only that, but KPNO was
closed due to dust/smoke.  I opened at the start to ensure that 
things were working but didn't open again.  

Not sure what was in the air, but I did imagine that I smelled
a slight whiff of forest fire smoke. It might be good to look
into a more quantiative way or measuring the particulates than 
shining a flashlight beam and wondering whether what you're seeing
is really that atypical. 

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Submitted on 2016 Jun 10 [4:43:15]