MDM Trouble Report for 2008 Nov 3

Telescope: 1.3m
Observer(s): Schroeder and Halpern (Columbia)
Instrument: CCDS

Problem(s) Encountered:
The lack of a pointing map made acquisition of targets at times painful. Twice we had to rezero the telescope at zenith because the telescope was too far off to find a guide star.

The ACS system crashed three times: once as a Type 1 error (that doesn't require a computer reboot) and twice as a Type II error (which does). Instead of restarting the computer from the Start Menu, we depressed the power button on the computer to save time.

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Submitted on 2008 Nov 4 [6:37:55]