MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2003 Jul 02

Observer(s): eve armstrong
Institution(s): columbia

Instrument: templeton/direct

Worked for 9 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.8 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 2.0 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 1.7 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

time series photometry.  clear with light winds.  

the phantom telescope problem did not recur tonight, even 
though i started one observation at HA +2  (which is where i 
expected the problem to occur.)



   I sure wish that I had a nickel
   For each time this 'scope tested fickle.
   At times it's quite vexed 
   By a pointing near West
   And gnarls itself into a pickle.

   So tonight I set out to redo
   QU Vul, this time HA: neg. 2.
   Results are alarming-
   Ly placid and charming:
   Without hap I saw the night through.

   So let's now see if things'll run
   Until this season's session is done.
   If the 1.3 knew:
   Four more nights and it's through! --
   Silly spats it might not have begun.

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Submitted on 2003 Jul 3 [4:24:39]