MDM Trouble Report for 2005 Aug 28

Telescope: 1.3m
Observer(s): Jules Halpern (Columbia U.)
Instrument: Templeton

Problem(s) Encountered:
Well, that was an interesting story, but not all parts of
it were true.  For one thing, I think that I recall there
sometimes being more than one double image per night many
years ago.  And second, I do recall that you can sometimes
see the star jump in a diagonal direction, which if it is
far enough will cause the guider to beep. On this run, I 
have not see the jumps on the guider, but the double images
are only 3-4 arcseconds apart, so it's possible that I
wasn't watching.  And the motion was not large enough for 
the star to leave the guide box.

Speaking of beeps, CCDDOM no longer beeps when the exposures
are finished, and I'm having to struggle to stay awake enough
to be ready for the next exposure.

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Submitted on 2005 Aug 28 [0:15:42]