MDM Observatory 1.3m Telescope Observing Report for 2017 Nov 05

Observer(s): Collver, Cho
Institution(s): Columbia

Instrument: Templeton

Worked for 10 hours (all night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Cirrus, Winds Calm
   End: Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Observing Summary:

Kitt Peak domes were closed until approximately 17:45 MST due
to high humidity. There were cirrus clouds beginning in the 
middle of the night, however images don't seem to be 
compromised.

Did not have tracking issues, however, had issues with
pointing. Encountered repeated  point not converging  errors.
It seemed to point to the requested coordinates in RA but 
not in DEC. Reset telescope then closed and reinitialized TCS
GUI. Neither had any effect. The 2.4 meter observers reset the 
dec motor controller and the pointing still did not respond.
Finally, Eric stopped and restarted all programs and manually
zero'ed the telescope after which pointing was restored.

Began taking exposures at approximately 21:15 MST. The rest of
the night proceeded without issue, however, when we pointed 
the telescope back to zenith, we again received the  point not
converging  error. The coordinates in TCS were relatively close 
to zenith, off by a few arcminutes in RA but pointing correctly
in DEC. After visual inspection confirming the telescope was 
roughly pointed correctly to zenith, we closed the dome. 

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Submitted on 2017 Nov 6 [6:13:13]