MDM Trouble Report for 2005 May 7

Telescope: 2.4m
Observer(s): Pietro REviglio (Columbia)
Instrument: MKIII

Problem(s) Encountered:
CCDCOM: failed to read properly the CCD at the beginning of the night. The problem was fixed, however, CCDCOM failed to read one of the fields observed (for focusing)
TCS: after turning back on the tcs (after closing for high humidity)  the telescope failed to properly point. Apparently the RA, DEC encoders where not responding. I managed to bring the telescope back to the zenith position by hand and close the dome by hand, but i wasn't able to fix the RA, DEC encoders. The pointing was off of by several degrees. 

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Submitted on 2005 May 7 [3:15:55]