MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2013 Mar 01

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

Instrument: Modspec + Templeton

Worked for 12 hours (all night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.5+ arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1. arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Seeing 1.5+ arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Very nice night, perfectly clear but with some poor seeing at 
times.  Warmer than last night.

I'm thinking that the coordinate readouts may be drifting a bit
in RA, but I can't be sure yet.  I'll keep an eye on this over
the weekend.

I'm also getting some odd results that suggest a subtle issue
with the slit viewer focus (I saw this on the 1.3m in December).
I'll look at this more carefully tomorrow night if the weather
permits. 

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Submitted on 2013 Mar 2 [7:20:35]