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

Observer(s): Don Neill
Institution(s): Columbia

Instrument: 8K

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 3.0 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 2.0 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.4 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Telescope and Instrument ran well all night.  Contended with
high Cirrus early and bad seeing, then cleared off and seeing
continued to improve to best of 1.4, then started to worsen
back to 2.0 for last hour.

Dome slit did not close entirely and had to close manually for
last 40% of travel.

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Submitted on 2001 May 31 [5:33:54]