MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2009 Jun 15

Observer(s): John Thorstensen
Institution(s): Dartmouth

Instrument: Modspec + echelle CCD

Worked for 8 hours (all night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1+ arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 1- arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

A very nice night; just a little high cloud from time to time, and
a bit windy early in the night.  

No telescope problems at all, and I did go down to nearly 6h
east to catch some targets, without any tracking issues.

At one point during the night I noticed that the drinking water
dispenser was dripping -- water was leaking slowly from the 
seal at the base of the bottle.  I tried to snug it down a bit
by wiggling the bottle.

All done with spectroscopy for now, please do switch to 
direct today. 

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Submitted on 2009 Jun 16 [5:06:00]