MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2009 Mar 06

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

Instrument: modspec + echelle CCD

Worked for 9 hours (most of the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds from start until midn..
   Beg: Seeing 1+ arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 1+ arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Moderate
   End: Seeing 1+ arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Started out with lots mid-level cirrus and other high clouds, 
and a fair amount of wind, but it was just possible to work on
bright backup targets.  Conditions deteriorated around 10 PM, 
but improved again around midnight -- pretty soon it was clear, 
but with mostly mediocre seeing.  Winds decreased through the 
night.  It got pretty cool (just above 0 C) and the mirror was
a bit on the warm side.  Nonetheless, got some good useful data in
the second half especially.

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Submitted on 2009 Mar 7 [6:46:52]