MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2009 May 03

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

Instrument: MkIII + Nellie

Worked for 9 hours (most of the night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

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

Observing Summary:

Another night chasing holes in the clouds, but not
so bad overall, as most of it were just cirrus, and
I was observing relatively bright stars. I really had
to pause for only an hour in the evening. It was
relatively windy too, so I kept the drop-out up,
which really seemed to help the stability of the
telescope.

Only glitch: McGraw got hung (again) at 12:30am and
I had to do a hard reboot. I also lost the pointing
which I had to reset. Lost me half an hour.

Good haul again tonight, with spectra for 78 more 
targets.

This was my last night of this run. Many thanks
to the staff for their help and support.


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Submitted on 2009 May 4 [7:09:36]