MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2004 Dec 02

Observer(s): Tibbetts
Institution(s): Michigan

Instrument: TIFKAM

Worked for 7 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: Cirrus, Winds Calm
   Mid: Cirrus, Winds Calm
   End: Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

The night started off fine, though a bit cloudy.  I got
photometry on several sources.  Then the computer tambora froze.
Called Bob and he had me reboot it; IC also had to be rebooted.
Then I went back to doing photometry on the same object I was
working on before the crash.

A bit later though, I realized that the RA listed on the
telescope control system was changing, despite the fact that
it was clearly tracking the object I was doing photometry on.
I was also still able to take images with TIFKAM with no problem.
Several hours of attempts to fix the telescope ensued.  See the
trouble report for more details.  Finally gave up and shutdown
around 0100.

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Submitted on 2004 Dec 3 [1:33:12]