MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2017 Apr 03

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

Instrument: modspec + echelle CCD

Worked for 10 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 High
   Mid: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   End: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

Cirrus in afternoon had cleared nicely by sunset.  Very windy 
up at the summit -- I had to stop and get off my bike a couple 
times on the way back down from dinner when especially violent 
gusts hit -- and Kitt Peak stayed closed most of the night. 
The winds were, rather strangely, not nearly so strong at 
MDM, and were well below the limit. They diminished considerably
through the night.  Seeing was for the most part pretty good,
though it was excrable looking into the wind at high airmass (as
my program required a few times).  No technical problems; dome 
was spot-on at the end of the night.

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Submitted on 2017 Apr 4 [6:09:58]