MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2002 Sep 20

Observer(s): DePoy & Marshall
Institution(s): Ohio State

Instrument: Echelle

Worked for 10 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 2.0 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 2.0 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Spent most of night taking images of standard stars for tests
of new flat field screen.

Some clouds at start of night, but clear otherwise. Seeing was
1.5 -2.0 .

Guider will not focus (needs to go beyond current negative
limit). Also, guider occasionally jumps or drifts in DEC. No
impact on observing, since we were taking short exposures.

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Submitted on 2002 Sep 21 [7:06:39]