MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2011 Feb 07

Observer(s): Marcel Agueros
Institution(s): Columbia U

Instrument: MODSPEC+ECHELLE

Worked for 7 hours (most of the night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Clear, Winds Moderate
   End: Clear, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

I lost several hours at the start of the night by convincing 
myself that there was something wrong with the telescope 
pointing, which there wasn't. I'd changed the home position 
on the dome because I misread its position and thought it was 
off--which it wasn't. Unsurprisingly, the dome was therefore 
occulting the telescope when I went to observe.
Fortunately Jules was home and patiently walked me through the 
various tests until I realized that I was looking at the wrong
place to check the dome position.
After that, it was smooth sailing, save for the winds, which 
picked up as the night went on. They never got close to the 
40 mph mark as far as I could tell, but I know WIYN closed and
was therefore a bit nervous about the intensity of the gusts.

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Submitted on 2011 Feb 9 [15:20:39]