MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2007 Mar 28

Observer(s): chris peters
Institution(s): dartmouth college

Instrument: echelle + 2-in FW

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

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable, fire
   Mid: Seeing 1.0 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable, fire
   End: Seeing 1.1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm, fire

Observing Summary:

After the mirror covers were uncovered, the night was great. 
Not quite as good as a few nights ago, but infinitely better than 
last night. 'Twas a decent night for astrometry; seen better, but 
also have seen much worse. Managed to get data for most of the top 
priority parallax targets, and therefore am ready for the 
instrument to be switched to spectroscopy.

Oh, and lest we forget the 10-acre fire around mile marker 
8-9. There was talk of an evacuation of the mountain, but 
nothing ever really happened. I have to assume that the 
fire poses little threat. 

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Submitted on 2007 Mar 29 [6:11:51]