MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2014 Oct 16

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

Instrument: modspec + echelle CCD

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

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds from 1 AM until end.
   Beg: Seeing 1-2 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 1 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Overcast, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

A very good night until about 1 AM, when it clouded over.
Closed up -- leaving before twilight to catch a plane.

Next observers (Rob Fesen and Christine Black) arrived before
midnight and stayed up to watch stuff for a while. 

A little later, Haverford post-doc Jonathan Hargis and four
undergrads came through for a tour.  I wore my lucky red
Haverford shirt for the occasion (I graduated from there long
ago).  

RA reading is drifting upward pretty fast, leading to unnecessary
difficulty in finding targets. And it was pointing so well! No
other trouble.

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Submitted on 2014 Oct 17 [2:42:52]