MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2009 Jan 06

Observer(s): Julie Skinner
Institution(s): Dartmouth College

Instrument: ModSpec

Worked for 13 hours (all night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds from 4:30 until 7:00.
   Beg: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 2+ arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Conditions were clear with moderate to good seeing for most of the night.  Just enough clouds rolled in later in the night to be pesky.
Everything went smoothly, although the telescope did  jump  once.

I also did some direct work on the 1.3m telescope for the last half of the night.
Everything functioned normally there.  

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Submitted on 2009 Jan 7 [7:59:56]