MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2011 Oct 19

Observer(s): Jenna Lemonias
Institution(s): Columbia

Instrument: R4K

Worked for 11 hours (most of the night)
Conditions were Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Clear, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

When I tried to home the dome at the beginning of the night TCS stalled.  
The font was orange for the coordinates and stayed that way for several minutes.
I also tried to open the mirror covers and the same thing happened - it stalled for >15 minutes and I knew it wasn't supposed to take that long.
I restarted everything and that fixed the problem.  I had some issues with the pointing that I worked out, for the most part, with David.
Prospero froze twice and I had to restart just Prospero.  
No other problems.

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Submitted on 2011 Oct 20 [5:08:07]