Weather Report for July 1, 2016


The early onset of the 2016 monsoon season completely shredded this observing campaign. No observations on the last night of the campaign because of clouds and occasional rain. So, Campaign 84 now easily holds the record for the least productive campaign in terms of the number of observations made. In a seven-night period, only 24 spectropolarimetric and 3(!) photometric measurements could be made. This easily eclipses Campaign 42 (beware of multiples of 42) in 2012 September as the least fruitful of the integer-numbered campaigns for the project. The final campaign for Fermi Cycle 8 will be during the last week of July at the Bok Telescope. With great luck, the monsoon may be taking a break so that some work can get done.