MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2016 Mar 03

Observer(s): Maria Charisi, Jia Liu, Jules Halpern
Institution(s): Columbia University

Instrument: ModSpec Echelle

Worked for 6 hours (first half of the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Clouds all night.
   Beg: Seeing 1.4 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Moderate
   End: Seeing 1.1 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

Somewhat cloudy at the beginning of the night. Around midnight, the Andor slit viewing camera failed. 
We ended up using retrocam for some imaging for the rest of the night. The next day the problem with Andor
was solved by setting the gain from x4 to x2. 

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Submitted on 2016 Mar 5 [5:15:48]