MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2014 Dec 10

Observer(s): Thorstensen, Alper, Colon
Institution(s): Dartmouth

Instrument: modspec + echelle CCD

Worked for 8 hours (part of the night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1+ arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1+ arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Clear, Winds Calm, telescope down

Observing Summary:

A fine night until the telescope stopped working -- traced the 
problem to a bad spot in the toothed belt in the HA tracking
mechanism.  See trouble report for too much detail.

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Submitted on 2014 Dec 11 [3:08:35]