MDM Trouble Report for 2008 Nov 15

Telescope: 2.4m
Observer(s): Desiree Cotto-Figueroa, David Riethmiller (Ohio University)
Instrument: Echelle

Problem(s) Encountered:
Encountered a strange error with CCDCOM:

145> Clearing the CCD.... Done, cleared CCD 1 time
Getting TCS/MIS info...done
Exposure Started, Ctrl+C to pause
Exposure Complete, Elapsed Time = 30.00 sec       
Beginning CCD read of 1232 by 1200 (1478400 pixels)...
ccd_aread: wrong aio finished; expected 2.  This is bad.
*** Error encountered in asynchronous read: data suspect
Failed, return code = 458752, elapsed = 17.273001
145> 

The error seems to have been bypassed by restarting the CCDCOM
window.

Also, we noticed that the hose on the liquid nitrogen tank
is cracked in several places, allowing for small leaks during
dewar filling.  

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Submitted on 2008 Nov 16 [6:51:42]