MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2011 Jun 20

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

Instrument: Modspec-Templeton

Worked for 9 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric 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, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 1+ arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

An excellent night with no problems.  Startup went smoothly -- 
the guider came into focus OK.  

Minor stuff:
- The pointing far over was a little more problematical than I 
remember.
- At one point when I went out to rotate after leaving the 
guider on, I could hear the Finger Lakes shutter firing 
at the guider cadence.  I re-set the Open Shutter in 
MaximDL and didn't hear it later, but it's fairly quiet. 
If we have to buy a shutter-open-no-fooling patch from 
Maxim, so be it.
- The aluminum tape under the guider motor mic is loose.

My first use of the new rotator for spectroscopy -- it 
works great and contrary to my trepidations is actually 
very fast.  The paddle positioning might use some thought,
though.

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Submitted on 2011 Jun 21 [5:15:09]