MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2001 Apr 30

Observer(s): Chris Gerardy
Institution(s): Dartmouth

Instrument: TIFKAM

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

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 0.9 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 0.8 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 0.7 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

	Light cirrus, but otherwise good conditions.
The relay system on the main dome shutter didn't seem to be
working very well tonight.  I had to hold down the main shutter
button to open and close the shutter.  Also, the electrical 
contact didn't seem very reliable at the end of the night.  I 
had to re-seat the dome at the home position several times to
get power to close the dome.
Obs: NIR spectra of SNe.

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Submitted on 2001 May 1 [4:54:24]