MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2014 Jan 01

Observer(s): Gianninas, Darsaklis
Institution(s): University of Oklahoma

Instrument: CCDS

Worked for 9 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 2.0 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   Mid: Seeing 1.8 arcsec, Clear, Winds Moderate
   End: Seeing 2.0 arcsec, Clear, Winds Light & Variable

Observing Summary:

The night started well but about an hour into the night I 
encountered a problem. After slewing to my next target and 
proceeding to rotate to the P.A., I came back into the control 
room to find the acquisition camera giving an error message. I 
tried shutting it down and powering it back up but without 
success. I then went back out into the dome and noticed all 
the lights and indicators on MIS and CCDS were off. With the 
help of Jules, we found that the plug of the power strip that 
sits on the east side of the telescope came out of the power 
socket. Once that was fixed, it was still necessary to reboot 
all the software, but once that was done, everything was 
running correctly and even the pointing was still good. All 
in all, I lost a little under 2 hours. Other than that, 
everything went fine and it was another productive night.

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Submitted on 2014 Jan 2 [7:19:36]