MDM Trouble Report for 2011 Jan 29

Telescope: 2.4m
Observer(s): John Thorstensen (Dartmouth)
Instrument: Modspec+Templeton

Problem(s) Encountered:

One minor glitch:  At one point, for some reason, I cculdn't get
the guider  Settings  window to pop up in Maxim DL.  This is 
needed if you're rotating the instrument from time to time.
I had to restart the program, re-calibrate, etc.  Only a few 
minutes lost

Also, through this whole run the profiles of the images on the 
slit have been odd -- usually asymmetric, sometimes slightly 
doubled, sometimes not so bad.  This usually indicates bad focus
or guiding, but I don't think this is the case.  I'm wondering 
if the telescope could be out of collimation (from out of focus
images I think it may be) and whether that could possibly 
affect them, but I'm stumped...  this doesn't call for any 
diagnostic action at this time, except for checking the 
collimation next time it's convenient.

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Submitted on 2011 Jan 30 [7:24:12]