MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2002 Oct 26

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

Instrument: modspec + echelle

Worked for 2 hours (part of the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds all night.
   Beg: Overcast, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Moderate
   End: Fog/Low Clouds, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

Brief interval of bad but usable weather from roughly 9 to
11 MST.  Spectroscopy of a CV, tied successfully to previous
night's time series.  Then RH came up too high, and after I
closed fog blew over the observatory from time to time for the
rest of the night.

The guider PC disk began making a whine which is very difficult
to live with.  After turning the PC off I realize that nearly
all the noise in the observing room is from the guider PC.  
The trouble report I issued also whines, albeit metaphorically.

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Submitted on 2002 Oct 27 [3:49:26]