MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2001 Jun 29

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

Instrument: modspec + echelle

Worked for 8.5 hours (all night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.3 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.8 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Moderate
   End: Seeing 2.5 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

A mixed night; started fairly clear, with seeing mediocre but
not dreadful, but ended with lots of heavy high cloud and 
fairly awful seeing.  The temperature profile of the night was
a little jagged, which seems to explain the seeing.  Cataclysmic
period and ephemeris work, most of the data seem usable.

Tony tightened up the RA drive a bit today, and the
stuck-telescope problems of the last nights did not recur. Ran
on generator again.

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Submitted on 2001 Jun 30 [4:57:07]