MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2003 Mar 27

Observer(s): Martin Bureau, Kambiz Fathi
Institution(s): Columbia, Nottingham

Instrument: Echelle, f/7.5 direct imaging

Worked for 10 hours (most of the night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 2.1 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 2.3 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Moderate
   End: Seeing 2.5 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

Sky covered with thick cirrus at beginning of night. Did some tests for Bob as it thinned. Then attempted to work through patches of thin cirrus by increasing the exposures. Managed to complete 3 1/2 objects but with very bad seeing, typically 2 to 2.5 arcseconds.

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Submitted on 2003 Mar 28 [6:31:50]