MDM Trouble Report for 2011 Jan 10

Telescope: 2.4m
Observer(s): Halpern (Columbia)
Instrument: OSMOS

Problem(s) Encountered:
The coarse focus has again worked its way to the end of its
travel, so that I cannot quite focus the guider.  Since I
am observing alone now, I couldn't adjust it in the middle
of the night because there isn't anyone to look at the monitor
at the same time.  Please put the motor mic back where it
belongs.

This is particularly crucial when observing with OSMOS, as
it seems to me that I am not getting the subarcsecond stability
that is necessary to keep the target in the slit blindly.
Sometimes the target is out of the slit at the end of the
exposure.

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Submitted on 2011 Jan 11 [7:19:55]