MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2006 Jun 18

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

Instrument: modspec + echelle CCD

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

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.5-2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1-1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1-2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Another clear night, but the weather has been hotter and the 
seeing was highly variable.  The telescope behaved itself much
better tonight, just one non-completed set and the dome never
freaked out like it did the other night.  The asynch read errors
appear to have been cured.  

OSU 50-L storage dewar is empty, am using the white one which has
a very short length of rather old hose, maybe time to spring
for a few feet of surgical tubing.  Also, I learned to my 
startlement that the stereo remote control can trigger the 
smoke alarm in the control room!  I kid you not.  There's
another smoke alarm doing low-battery chirps somewhere.

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Submitted on 2006 Jun 19 [5:05:13]