MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2008 Jun 24

Observer(s): J. Thorstensen, J. Skinner
Institution(s): Dartmouth

Instrument: modspec + echelle CCD

Worked for 3 hours (part of the night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds from 10 PM until dawn.
   Beg: Seeing 1+ arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Overcast, Winds Calm
   End: Overcast, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

The night started well, with just a little cirrus, but pretty soon
a monster storm cell over Mexico started pumping high cloud 
over us and before too long this became pretty much opaque, which
brought the festivities to a close.  Equipment was OK.

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Submitted on 2008 Jun 25 [3:50:34]