MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2003 Apr 03

Observer(s): Martin Bureau, Davor Krajnovic
Institution(s): Columbia, Leiden

Instrument: Echelle f/7.5 direct imaging

Worked for 11 hours (all night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.7 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 1.7 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.7 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Except for some intermediate wind that prevented us from pointing N-NW at the beginning of the night, the observations proceeded without a glith. We continued our program of obtaining deep/long exposures of nearby galaxies and completed 8 additional objects. The sky was clear most of the night but the seeing poor (>1.5 arcseconds).

In the presence of Bob at the beginning and middle of the night, we attempted to reproduce the N-S anomalous movements of the telescope observed many times this run... without success. Good and bad news simultaneously!

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Submitted on 2003 Apr 4 [6:21:37]