MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2003 May 18

Observer(s): joe patterson, eve armstrong
Institution(s): columbia

Instrument: templeton

Worked for 10 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.8 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.9 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

time series photometry.  no filter problems tonight.  
everything worked; seeing wasn't great.



_WZ_SAGITTAE_AND_THE_MOON_ 
    (to the tune of 'My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean')

My white dwarf lies close to the moonlight.
My camera won't focus for me.
Earth's satellite reasonably might
Be why binned half-max stays near three.

Focus, focus,
Lemme see WZ clearly.
Focus, focus,
Lemme see WZ.


The sky is as clear as an ocean.
Humidity's down in the teens.
The mountain air's barely in motion ...
This moon's then the upstart, it seems.

Focus, focus,
Lemme see WZ clearly.
Focus, focus,
Lemme see WZ!

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Submitted on 2003 May 19 [3:52:25]