MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2005 Sep 14

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

Instrument: echelle CCD direct + 2in FW

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

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

Observing Summary:

A very fine night again, perfectly clear all night under the
bright moon.  Seeing was always decent and occasionally very
good, but appeared to fluctuate more than usual.  Winds were 
light, and at times completely calm, which is almost eerie --
the calm intervals appeared to correlate with the best seeing.
 
Continued work on parallax program and various other
odds and ends.  Equipment behaved well.

I may have mentioned, I've developed a script which recognizes
the star field from a catalog and allows one to quickly and
accurately center up on objects.  Since my visits to each target
are fairly short, this significantly reduces overhead.  The
script has been installed on the new Hill and Agung machines.

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Submitted on 2005 Sep 15 [6:16:41]