MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2016 Apr 04

Observer(s): Baldassare
Institution(s): University of Michigan

Instrument: OSMOS

Worked for 5 hours (last half of the night)
Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
Problems were encountered, see the separate trouble report for details.

Seeing and Weather:
   Beg: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
   Mid: Seeing 1.5 arcsec, Patchy Clouds, Winds Calm
   End: Overcast, Winds Calm

Observing Summary:

Had trouble with setting RA/Dec encoders - if you use a bright star from JSkyCalc and don't update the coordinates in the xtcs window, the RA/Dec encoders don't set properly (they set to whatever coordinates are in the xtcs window NOT the next object coordinates).
The result of the RA/Dec encoder problems was that the telescope got lost and hit a west limit. Was able to get it out by slewing East. 



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Submitted on 2016 Apr 5 [5:52:45]