Observers: Pogge, Villanueva
Telescope Operator: Geno Bechetti
Support Astronomer: Olga Kuhn
Instrument: LUCI Imaging

Observing Log for 2013 Mar 19/20

Summary:

Overcast most of the day with a few breaks in heavy cirrus.  Light
wind and cool.  Overnight it was heavy overcast with only occasional
breaks, nothing big enough or clear enough to point to.  We finally
gave up at around 1am when it was apparent from satellite images
that conditions were not going to improve.

Details:

All times are UTC unless otherwise noted

00:00 - overcast with a few holes.  No rain threat (30% humidity)
        and light winds.

01:40 - sunset, invisible behind cloud in the west

02:19 - open and equilibrating, but still cloudy.  Set mount on
        bright (5mag) star.

02:30 - hole above us, looking for BS9118 R=12.7 - cannot lock on or guide
        in the clouds.  Trying R=8mag.  Failed...

02:50 - managed to acquire R=8mag and collimate, but background is high.
        
03:00 - cannot see stars, closing but keeping ventilation going for now.

08:30 - Still closed by clouds.  The satellite shows more of the same, so
        we're going to call it a night and a run.