MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2004 Jul 08

Observer(s): Halpern, Barr
Institution(s): Columbia, MDM

Instrument: Echelle CCD Direct

Worked for 3 hours (part of the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Rain from 00:00 until ....
   Beg: Seeing 0.9 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Overcast, Winds Moderate
   End: Overcast, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

Cloudy at sunset, but soon cleared enough to do some
engineering/checkout work.  Tweaked the collimation,
tested the focus, adjusted the track rate.  All of
these functions were satisfactory.  As soon as it was
time to do some science exposures it clouded up again.
At midnight, it started drizzling. Gave up then. 

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Submitted on 2004 Jul 9 [1:05:49]