MDM Trouble Report for 2010 Jan 10

Telescope: 1.3m
Observer(s): Fesen (Dartmouth)
Instrument: Direct

Problem(s) Encountered:
The MIS would not respond or initialize itself. I tried repeated
resets and power cycles as well as restarting the MIS window.
I used the stuck settings (5000,5000) and I worked just
fine the whole night....something I'd like to do tonight
if the fix is a big problem. Tonight is suppose to be
clear so if the MIS isn't fixed, I can still use it as it
currently is set (i.e., at 5000,5000).

Also during the night when the telescope was some 3-4 hrs over
to the west, the telescope began rapidly nodding, moving about
10-20 arcsec back and forth. It finally calmed down when I 
tried (a few times) to guide. It finally behaved itself and
no further nodding/movement was seen the rest of the night.

In summary, I lost about 0.5 hr with the MIS problem and about
10 min due to the telescope nodding problem. 

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Submitted on 2010 Jan 11 [7:45:32]