MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2009 Mar 07

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:
   Beg: Seeing 1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:


The night started out near-photometric with just a few
wisps of cirrus, and with decent seeing, but quite a bright
moon.  Around 1:30, cirrus started coming in pretty heavily.
I was able to work on brighter targets through holes for
a while, but finally gave up around 5 when the conditions
deteriorated somewhat more.  Also ran timeseries measurements
on the 1.3 m in the first half.

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Submitted on 2009 Mar 8 [5:47:10]