MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2009 Feb 12

Observer(s): John Thorstensen & Eliza Gonsalves
Institution(s): Dartmouth 

Instrument: Echelle CCD + Buckeye FW

Worked for 12.5 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.4 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 0.8 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 1.3 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

A fine night, apparently pretty rare this week.  Seeing was highly
variable, from very good to fairly poor.  We had a single 
asynchronous read error on the very first exposure, which was
a little disconcerting,  but the problem did not recur.  The
telescope worked very well.

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Submitted on 2009 Feb 13 [7:13:59]