MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2014 Jan 21

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

Instrument: Modspec + echelle CCD

Worked for 5 hours (off and on through the night)
Conditions were Overcast most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds all night.
   Beg: Seeing 1+ arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm
   Mid: Overcast, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 2 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Mostly cloudy in the afternoon.  For an hour or so after sunset
it was usable, but it clouded up entirely early in the first 
half.  Around 2:30 in the morning most of the clouds dissipated,
and I worked until dawn with some cloudy intervals.  Got some 
usable results on bright targets, and got on sky with the 
modspec to be sure everything was working. 

No problems to report, but the telescope isn't setting well -- 
when you go south the target is still farther south, and vice 
versa. If I get the right conditions I'll try to run a pointing
test.

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Submitted on 2014 Jan 22 [7:24:42]