MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2001 Jun 18

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

Instrument: echelle + 2 in filter wh direct

Worked for 9 hours (all night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.4 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 3 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Moderate
   End: Seeing 2-3 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Reconnaisance/ID's of CVs, a little parallax work but 
seeing not good enough for fine astrometry.  Some problems with
clouds in the middle of the night.  Seeing sometimes remarkably 
poor and variable on very short timescales.  

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Submitted on 2001 Jun 19 [5:33:45]