MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2026 Feb 21

Observer(s): Meghna Sitaram, Anshul Shankar
Institution(s): Columbia

Instrument: CHaS

Worked for 11 hours (all night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Cirrus, Winds Calm
   Mid: Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm
   End: Cirrus, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Thin clouds all night. Opened around 7PM and observed some 
galaxies in the O III filter. Cloud layer thickened around 1:30AM
and we took the opportunity to break from observing for ~30 minutes
and switch to the new higher-redshift O III filter. Collected 
galaxy data through thin clouds using the new higher-redshift 
filter for the rest of the night. 

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Submitted on 2026 Feb 22 [6:29:53]