MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2009 Jun 26

Observer(s): R. Mark Wagner
Institution(s): Ohio State University

Instrument: Direct + Echelle

Worked for 5 hours (part of the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds from 19:00 until 22:15.
   Beg: Overcast, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1.1 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Brief rain showers to start the night around 19:00.  Lightening close to the site at 
20:00 initiated the shutdown procedures to unplug the key systems.  Later, skies were
much better  and around 22:30 it was dry and conditions good enough to open.  
Closed again briefly because of threatening clouds but it was brief and I was back 
open around 00:30.  Worked the remainder of the night in spectroscopic conditions.
Had noise on the frames after the 2nd open but it was cleared after resetting the
utility board in ccdcom.  No problems after that.  Closed at 04:00.

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Submitted on 2009 Jun 28 [0:16:31]