MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2004 Sep 16

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 1.1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.3 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

This was the last night of my run and it turned out to be a good night since I was able to get all the data that I need.  Basically, the seeing wasn't as bad as it has been, the wind stayed fairly calm, and everything worked for the most part.

There were a few tracking glitches, but they seem to be getting less serious.  On previous nights, the skips would continue.  Tonight, it would only skip once and then go back to normal.

The weather's looking bad for tomorrow.  

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Submitted on 2004 Sep 17 [6:19:01]