MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2008 Nov 16

Observer(s): M. Kilic
Institution(s): OSU/CfA

Instrument: Direct Echelle

Worked for 12 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 0.8 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 0.9 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

The ambient temperature stayed the same for most of the night, and
this resulted in good seeing all night long. The seeing was
sub-arcsecond, and it ranged from 0.7  to 1 .

The liquid nitrogen hose has a slight leak toward to the top of
it. It's nothing important at the moment, but if not fixed, the
hole will probably get bigger in a few days and cause problems.

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Submitted on 2008 Nov 17 [6:58:38]