MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2003 Jun 17

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

Instrument: echelle direct + 2in FW

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 1.3 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable, a very few clouds
   Mid: Seeing 1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 1.8 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

Clear all night with variable seeing.  A little windy toward
morning, and mirror went above ambient, causing bad seeing then.
Direct imaging of cataclysmic variables and candidates.

Minor glitches -- the 50 liter storage dewar pressure was low
in the evening, leading to a very slow fill; there was one 
instance of a non-completed auto-setting; and the coffee maker
appears to be working poorly (H2O doesn't get hot enough).  On 
that last one, I think it doesn't owe us anything, maybe time
to get a new one.

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Submitted on 2003 Jun 18 [5:29:22]