MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2003 Oct 15

Observer(s): armstrong, tuttle
Institution(s): columbia

Instrument: templeton/direct

Worked for 12 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, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 2.0 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.3 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Good final night!  Clear and dry.  No trouble.
Sarah learned everything at the speed of light and is now happily trained.
I learned spectroscopy and am also now happily trained.
We both had a rockin' good time and are now happily going home.




'Without the Moonlight'

Is Forever not the most unfathomable sight you will ever apprehend?
Better not to see it nightly in the city;
I would fear forgetting how
Indescribably beautiful
It is,
If I could see it
Often.


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Submitted on 2003 Oct 16 [5:51:51]