MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2006 May 21

Observer(s): Sebastien Lepine
Institution(s): AMNH

Instrument: Direct + Echelle

Worked for 7 hours (most of the night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.3 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 1.4 arcsec, Clear, Winds High
   End: Seeing 1.6 arcsec, Clear, Winds High

Observing Summary:

Final night of this parallax run, which was
overall excellent, the best astrometric run I've
had so far. Thanks to Bob, Paul, and Tony for their
excellent support!

Tonight was however not so good, with a lot of wind 
and seeing just good enough for the parallax work.

At the beginning of the night, I couldn't start the 
telescope drives. With help from Bob over the phone,
we finally fixed the problem (it was the red  stop  
button) but lost almost 90 minutes trying to figure 
it out.

I also noticed that the AC data indicates that the 
mirror has not been cooled since Saturday. Something
may be wrong with the mirror cooling system.

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Submitted on 2006 May 22 [4:40:09]