MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2003 May 05

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

Instrument: MODSPEC+Wilbur

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

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.0 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable, humid=50%
   Mid: Seeing 1.1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm, humid=66%
   End: Seeing 1.7 arcsec, Cirrus, Winds Calm, humid=35%

Observing Summary:

I encountered a problem at the begining of the night
where the hand paddle would not communicate with the TCS
computer, meaning I was unable to slew/change the position
of the telescope. (I was also unable to change the telescope
focus). After consulting with Bob Barr, the TCS computer
was restarted. This appeared to fix the problem, but resulted
in a complete loss of pointing which took some time to fix.
Following this problem, I observed 4 galaxies, each along
the major axis, along with associated template stars and
calibration images.

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Submitted on 2003 May 6 [5:37:00]