MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2003 Apr 04

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 1.2 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.7 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

The night started with a few scattered cirrus but was mostly clear, with seeing varying from very good (1.2 arcseconds) to moderate (1.7 arcseconds). We thus continued our program of medium deep/long exposures of nearby galaxies, completing another 7 1/2 objects.

The North-South  wild slewing  problem reported during previous nights only occured for one object, in the usual position (between 0 and 15 degrees DEC and in the West). We simply moved to another target.

So, overall, the night went rather smoothly and was very productive.

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Submitted on 2003 Apr 5 [5:58:31]