MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2002 Nov 05

Observer(s): Monique Aller
Institution(s): University of Michigan

Instrument: Wilbur + MODSPEC

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: Seeing 1.6 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable, gusty winds
   Mid: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable, gusty winds
   End: Seeing 1.3 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate

Observing Summary:

I observed 5 galaxies, each along one axis, as well as 
accompanying template stars and calibration images. I 
encountered two problems during the night. First, the 
guider PC  died . That is it refused to respond to any
commands on the keyboard, and had to be shut off and restarted.
This happened twice. The other minor problem was when I went to
one of my galaxies, the telescope was almost at the position,
but refused to accept that it was there - instead printing
a message that the Dec encoders were not responding. I hit the
stop button in the xtcs window and resent the coordinates and
hit go a second time. This time there was a long delay, but
the telescope was eventually able to reach the desired position.


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Submitted on 2002 Nov 6 [4:01:44]