MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2005 Mar 21

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

Instrument: Modspec + echelle CCD

Worked for 11 hours (all night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 0.6? arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Every so often one gets a night which reminds one as to why 
they decided to put an observatory on Kitt Peak.  Almost clear,
just a little light cirrus from time to time, winds nearly 
calm, and -- at times -- utterly spectacular seeing, at least
as well as I could judge from the images reflected from the 
slit jaws.

Minor bug -- I was stuck hand-guiding a couple of fields, and
noticed that the North button the hand paddle is getting tired.
If you hit it wrong it sometimes wedges and sticks.  

Dome went into a fugue state twice, once at the very beginning
of the night when I enabled it, which was a new one for me.  

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Submitted on 2005 Mar 22 [6:19:25]