MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observer's Report for 2006 Apr 03

Observer(s): Aiying Zhou
Institution(s): Missouri State Univ.

Instrument: Apogee Alta U47+ CCD

No Observing (see comments below)
Conditions were Overcast most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:

Observing Summary:

Mostly cloudy, no data.
After 00:30am, partly clear. 
However, when pointing target, just at the time the target 
appeared in the filedview, the TCS screen was frozen 
- UT clock,ST, dome position, etc. did not run. Finally,
restart TCS PC to restore. But this caused the telescope's 
zero-point or offset out of order. The pointing had a 
big problem and I couldn't find the target. Following 1.3m manual, 
put telescope at zenith and re-initialize TCS. Found a bright 
star and further reset RA/DEC encoders. 

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Submitted on 2006 Apr 4 [6:19:05]