MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2004 Sep 14

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

Instrument: Echelle

Worked for 8 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Still some seeing problems tonight.  I did get some images right at 1 arcsec for a target at a reasonable airmass.  However, most of my targets were lower in the sky and seeing was generally around 1.5 arcsec.  Just a lot of turbulence out there even though the wind wasn't as strong as last night.

There were a few times when the humidity spiked, but it went back down before I had reason to close down the telescope.

The tracking problem occurred once, early in the night.  However, slewing fixed it and it did not reoccur.

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Submitted on 2004 Sep 15 [6:20:25]