MDM Trouble Report for 2006 Jan 15

Telescope: 2.4m
Observer(s): John Thorstensen (Dartmouth)
Instrument: echelle CCD direct + 2in FW

Problem(s) Encountered:
Since it's 9 degrees C cooler than last night, the telescope is
acting up from time to time.  I only noticed it at the end
of the night, but the symptom was glitch and stutter during
moves, during the set portion, and only in HA.  I only tracked
for a few brief exposures at the end, and those were OK. I was
able to work around the problem by manually slewing past the 
bad spot and hitting  go  again. 

Also, the MIS dark hatch seems very stiff.  Chris had operated
it the last few nights, so I don't know if it's changed.

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Submitted on 2006 Jan 16 [7:37:11]