YALO Telescope Observer's Report for 2000 Aug 11

Observer: Juan Espinoza
Observed for only a few hours from 2310 to 0915 UTC.
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the summary for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.6 arcsec, Smoke, Winds High, HAZE
   Mid: Clear, Winds High
   End: Seeing 1.4 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds High, Very Few Cirrus

Observing Summary:



Well, this night was different...  We had a moderately windy start only
to be halted by a power failure of a serious nature at around 16:30-LST
wich meant a complete shut down of all computers and electronic equipment
by orders of mountain staff.  This lasted about three hours.  I guess the
weather gods are not in a good mood, also...  Once up and running, winds
were at an average of 40 mph for most of the night, making observations
impossible.  Re-started observing at 23:50 LST after winds drop down
to about 30 mph (sorry, Ohio).

XTE:  21.88

cheers


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Submitted by Juan Espinoza on 2000 Aug 12 [6:10:23]