MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2015 Mar 20

Observer(s): John Thorstensen
Institution(s): Dartmouth

Instrument: modspec + echelle REMOTE!

Worked for 11 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.5? arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.5? arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 1.5? arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Very good night, with clear skies on the KP skycam and 
decent seeing as far as I could tell.  No problems, except
xmis refused to execute dx and dy commands for some reason, 
though it did execute changes in absolute position.

Used the telescope REMOTELY from my office at Dartmouth.
This may be the first night that the 1.3m has been used for
spectroscopy from off-site. Dartmouth observers Rob Fesen and
Christine Black made it possible by opening, closing, and
filling the dewar.  The whole thing went very smoothly and was
quite efficient, with no breaks in communication.  I'll be on 
for the rest of the week (try the veal, and be sure to tip
your server!) so remote operation should get a thorough 
shakedown.

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Submitted on 2015 Mar 21 [5:59:43]