MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2009 May 02

Observer(s): Sebastien Lepine
Institution(s): AMNH

Instrument: MkIII + Nellie

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

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Patchy Clouds, Winds High
   Mid: Clear, Winds Moderate
   End: Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Lots of patchy clouds, but with large enough holes that 
observations went uninterrupted throughout the night.

Due to relatively high winds at sunset, I raised the 
drop-off to prevent telescope jitter from the wind flow. 
This also appeared to prevent the jerky motion in Decl. 
described in previous nights. I kept the drop-off up, 
even as the wind calmed down; this seemed to minimize 
the Jerky motion somehow. 

Good data haul tonight, with spectra obtained for
82 science targets.

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Submitted on 2009 May 3 [5:26:08]