MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2004 Jan 17

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

Instrument: modspec + echelle CCD

Worked for 13 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 2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 0.8? arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Finally, all the various weather we've been having has gone
away, and we got a nearly perfect night -- only a little bit
of soft seeing in the middle.  Wall-to-wall photometric, and
mighty dark, too.  Extremely productive.

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Submitted on 2004 Jan 18 [7:53:18]