MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2008 Mar 06

Observer(s): Milisavljevic
Institution(s): Dartmouth

Instrument: CCDS

Worked for 10.5 hours (all night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Moderate
   End: Seeing 1-2 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

A successful first night of observing.  Moderate winds (~20 mph)
and some cirrus clouds were minor irritations throughout the
night. At the end of the evening the seeing was variable with several 
blossoms 3 arcsec and greater--right in time for standard
stars!  I stepped outside after closing and couldn't believe 
all of the junk I had been observing through.

I did work with a handicap.  The spectra were not centered on the
chip properly, so I had to work from the outer edge of the slit.
Not a major problem but it would be nice if this could be fixed
before the weekend.  Tony kindly tried to remove and replace the
grating when I first noticed this in the afternoon, but the
procedure only exacerbated the shift.

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Submitted on 2008 Mar 7 [6:47:19]