MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observer's Report for 2008 Jun 13

Observer(s): John Tobin
Institution(s): Michigan

Instrument: TIFKAM

Worked for 9 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 1.2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.4 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   End: Seeing 1.1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Had another good night. Seeing was mediocre most of the night
but got better towrds the end. Observed L1157 in H_2, Serpens 1
 in Ks, L1165 in Ks, and L43 in Ks.

I had one issue with the telescope running into the soft limit on
hour angle. I was trying to go to L1157 while it was airmass of
2.1, but its hour angle was -6, it's declination is +68. The 
TCS got pretty confused, trying to send the telescope through 
90 degrees declination. I aborted the auto slew and slewed
manually and ran into the soft limit. I called Bob and he
talked me through getting out of it, just using set and going
west for a minute. 

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Submitted on 2008 Jun 14 [4:29:55]