MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2006 Aug 30

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

Instrument: modspec + echelle CCD

Worked for 9 hours (most of the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Overcast, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing <1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light &amp; Variable

Observing Summary:

Bad weather during the day, but it gradually grew better during
the evening as clouds dissipated, and ended up photometric with
good seeing before dawn.  

I didn't have any trouble but did notice a weird telescope 
behavior that I bet will turn out to be key for understanding the
stutter loop and crawling-to-the-target that I've been seeing
sometimes during autoset -- I'll file a trouble report for that.

Steven Magee stayed up for a while to watch the proceedings.

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Submitted on 2006 Aug 31 [6:18:41]