MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2007 Jan 07

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

Instrument: templeton/direct

Worked for 13.5 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 4 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 3 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 3 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

The night’s dark (moon’s got inhibitions)
And calm (wind has lost ammunition)
The filter wheel’s straight.
As hours draws late,
No hint of unpleasant conditions.
 
How tedious, writing this verse:
I can’t find a problem to curse!
Things go well today,
So I’ve nothing to say …
How ‘bout looking back on what was worse?
 
Let’s see now .. not three days ago,
The moon blazed a firey glow.
Stars drowned as it glared,
And the guider got scared.
What a pest was that lunar ego.
 
Now, the night before that was delayed
By blank images Iraf displayed.
Fixin’ that was a job;
I gave up and called Bob ..
Well, the filter wheel’d got bored and strayed.
 
Last night, mighty winds made a stir,
Whipping V Tauri into a blur,
Whistlin’ and sighin’
And screamin’ and cryin’,
And at dawn dying down to a purr.
 
But tonight there ain’t nothin’ awry
‘Neath this quiet and black pristine sky.
Oh how dreadfully boring;
It’s near got me snoring.
But these data look nice to my eye!

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Submitted on 2007 Jan 8 [5:09:08]