MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2003 Jun 22

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

Instrument: Modspec + Echelle CCD

Worked for 9 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1+ arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   End: Seeing 1-3 arcsec, Clear, Winds High

Observing Summary:

Once again, perfectly clear with highly variable seeing and
rather higher than usual winds (though well short of limit).
Spectroscopy of cataclysmic binaries.

In order to break daily cycle count ambiguities I need to work
far to the east sometimes, and the tracking is tending to stick
way over there.  I picked up an object at +55 as it crossed the
limit at 6h E, and the telescope stuck several times in the
first 15 min or so.

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Submitted on 2003 Jun 23 [5:04:10]