MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2003 Apr 30

Observer(s): Nestor, Belfort
Institution(s): U Pittsburgh

Instrument: direct (templeton)

Worked for 6 hours (last half of the night)
Conditions were Non-Photometric most of the night.
No equipment or software problems were encountered.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.0 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable, clear, but transp
   Mid: Seeing 1.0 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable, not very good -
   End: Seeing 0.8 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable,  dust?

Observing Summary:

DBN made a mistake - I offset the telescope -10  to center star
in frame, then set ra dec encoders before re-entering coords,
so the telescope thought it was at ra=0, dec=-10!  This sent the 
telescope off to the limits, then we had a bit a trouble getting
it recovered - we needed to guess the actual ra&dec, reset the 
encoders, THEN use the paddle to put it back to zenith.  Then 
it took some time to get the pointing recoverd.  In the end, all
was well, however.

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Submitted on 2003 May 1 [16:15:26]