MDM Trouble Report for 2001 Oct 5

Telescope: 1.3m
Observer(s): S. Calchi Novati, S. Paulin (OSU)
Instrument: MDM8K

Problem(s) Encountered:
with a tube connecting the bottom of the telescope
with the side of the instrument towards the shutter cassette,
- nitrogen was leaking when the telescope was inclined,
then we removed this tube, we have left the bottom of the 
telescope free, and connected directly the nitrogen reservoir
to the side of the instrument
- after doing that, we could not move the telescope any more,
we follewd Arlin Crotts sugegstion to rise the plateform as high 
as possible, then to move it back, and we could move the
telescope again
- now, the pointing is lost, the software believe that the 
telescope is pointing something it should not (may be the dome!)
when this is not the case, anyway, with the help of Bob Barr (phone),
and of Safir Salim (from the 2.4m), we manage to point  the
telescope correctly 



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Submitted on 2001 Oct 8 [10:27:39]