MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2001 May 23

Observer(s): Marianne Vestergaard
Institution(s): OSU

Instrument: CCDS

Worked for 7.5 hours (most of the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the summary for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Patchy Clouds, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   End: Clear, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

Mirror cover refused to open - got stuck at the central baffle.
The solution was to tilt the telescope south until mirror
cover wedged out.
Had some start-up problems with the guider. The various guider
parameters were ways off resulting in the guider pulling the
objects off the slit. Eventually figured out the right combination 
of parameters. I suggest reasonable guider parameters are
high-lighted in the CCDS manual for easy access (in addition
to being somewhere deep in the tvguider manual). I also suggest
a note being added in CCDS manual that the tvguider manual can
be used for reference when the Seitzer guider is installed
(I was looking endlessly for a specific manual for it).

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Submitted on 2001 May 24 [5:30:30]