MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2003 Apr 29

Observer(s): Paust, Bjork
Institution(s): Dartmouth

Instrument: Echelle

Worked for 8 hours (all night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing .9 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing .8 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing .7 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Minor problems...  see problem report.

Pretty uneventful night...  had some problems keeping the telescope in focus because the temperature kept changing...  worked from sundown to dawn.

There's definitely a groove that you get into with the focus though, once the temperature is only changing slowly.

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Submitted on 2003 Apr 30 [5:55:54]