Observers: Jill Gerke, Scott Adams (OSU)
Support Astronomer: Dave Thompson
Telescope Operator: Geno Beccheti



SUMMARY:  Closed at beginning of night due to clouds, had some rain.  
Opened later for a little while before clouds moved back in for the rest 
of the night and we had some more rain. 


targets observed: OSU_MClusters_PleB

INSTRUMENTS: MODS
times are in UT

 3:30- staying closed due to threatening clouds

 5:10- raining

 7:50- mostly clear, but staying closed because the dome is still wet

 8:21- opening


 8:35- acquiring PleB

 8:51- observing PleB
       seeing 0.8"
       mostly clear

 9:15- acquiring PleC
       some cirrus moving in

       IMCS Lock keeps timing out...

 9:27- too much cirrus for guide star

 9:31- last acquisition image looked better

 9:42- bad slit alignment, lost guiding due to clouds
       re-acquiring... 
 9:52- giving up... hard to align when guide star is coming and going
       mostly cloudy and clouds are getting thicker
       waiting to see if the clouds move out

10:21- clouds looking more ominous -- closing

10:33- closed, running some calibrations (bias8k)