MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2006 Aug 29

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

Instrument: Echelle CCD + 2in FW

Worked for 8 hours (most of the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 0.9 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 0.9 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 0.7 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

The night started out cloudy, but cleared off well enough by 8:30
or so.  Cloudy intervals recurred throughout the night, but it
was mostly usable and often very good.  The seeing was quite
good but blew up occasionally.

Steven Magee stayed up for a while to observe the observing.

I had one brand-new problem with the dome, and I'm also getting
a better sense of the current telescope idiosyncracies, which
I'll put in a separate trouble report.

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Submitted on 2006 Aug 30 [6:10:00]