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

Observer(s): Fesen
Institution(s): Dartmouth

Instrument: Echelle direct

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

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 0.80 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 0.75 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 0.65 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Skies cleared off at sunset and was probably photometric
most of the night. Seeing was excellent again, being between 
0.65 and 0.85 arcsec for 10-40 minute exposures.
The seeing appeared to get better as the primary and secondary
mirror temperatures approached that of the nightime air temp.
No problems.

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Submitted on 2003 Aug 30 [5:51:57]