Weather Report for March 28, 2017


SPOL was installed at the 1.54m Kuiper Telescope on Mt Bigelow, AZ for a three-night mini-campaign dubbed Campaign 94.1. A major storm system passing to the north led to unsettled weather with clouds forming over the mountain for the first few hours of the night. Observation were then carried out for about three hours in partly cloudy skies with seeing of 2-2.5 arcsec. The dome had to be closed quickly at about 0140 local time as snow showers moved into the area. Nearly an inch of snow fell between then and the end of the night. Over a half dozen blazars were observed, but little photometry could be attempted in these weather conditions.