MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2003 Apr 16

Observer(s): S. Lepine, D. McCourt
Institution(s): Columbia/AMNH

Instrument: MkIII Spectrograph

Worked for 5 hours (off and on through the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds from 11PM until 4AM.
   Beg: Clear, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Overcast, Winds Moderate
   End: Patchy Clouds, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

Clear at the start of the night. Heavy cirrus clouds
moved in at 11PM. Then it was overcast until 3AM. At 3AM
we resumed observations by getting targets through holes
in the cloud cover, then sky cleared up around 4AM.
Observed total of 19 candidate nearby stars.
We witnessed again a jerky North-South motion when observing
at low declinations (see trouble report).


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Submitted on 2003 Apr 17 [5:39:01]