MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2011 Jun 04

Observer(s): Jeff Andrews, Josh Schroeder, Lauren Corlies
Institution(s): Columbia

Instrument: Templeton

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 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable
   Mid: Seeing 0.8 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   End: Seeing 1 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Could not find the rotator paddle.
TCS computer crashed, had to restart.
Had to reset RA/Dec encoders.
Dome encoders had to be reset.
Problems finding guide stars, maybe due to not knowing the precise rotator angle?
CCDCOM occasionally randomly changed binning/format in readout, required sf command to reset.

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Submitted on 2011 Jun 5 [5:11:14]