MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2016 Jun 19

Observer(s): Weil
Institution(s): Dartmouth

Instrument: Modspec + Echelle CCD

Worked for 5 hours (all night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds from 11:30 until 2:30.
   Beg: Seeing 1 arcsec, Smoke, Winds Moderate, Only on Horizon
   Mid: Smoke, Winds Moderate, Entire Sky Covered
   End: Seeing 1 arcsec, Smoke, Winds Moderate, Only on Horizon

Observing Summary:

The smoke from the fire seemed to come over the mountain tonight
between about 11pm and 2:30am. With the moon up, it became almost
impossible to see the clouds. There also appeared to be some dust
in the air, so the mirrors on the telescope were closed between
11:30 and 2:30 to prevent the damage to the mirrors from dust. At 
about 2:30 the clouds had dissipated and the dust had seemed to
decrease as well.

Telescope pointing was off by approximately 30 arc seconds in 
both RA and Dec. 

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Submitted on 2016 Jun 20 [4:54:51]