MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2003 Sep 21

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

Instrument: Echelle

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 1.0 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 1.0 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

I almost thought I was going to have to fill out a real trouble report.  A little bit after midnight there was a loud screeching metal on metal sound that started to come through the speaker.  It wasn't until I walked out into the dome that I realized it was actually just some bug outside who decided to come up with a mating call that had to be just about exactly at the most sensitive frequency of the microphone in the dome.

Other than that, a fairly decent night of observing.  The temperature stayed fairly steady, so there wasn't a lot of focus-changing to be done.  The seeing didn't get as bad in the early evening as previous nights, but it didn't get as good towards the end either.

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Submitted on 2003 Sep 22 [6:29:40]