[Astro-mdm-report] MDM 2.4m Observing Report for 2022 Apr 13

[Galayda Eric]

Looks like the trouble report did not go out via email.  Here’s the text, as found in the TR archive:

Problem(s) Encountered:
The RA drive made some squealing noises. These were louder and
shorter in duration than when the brakes aren't quite released.
Noticed that it only happened in an East-to-West direction and
when the telescope was slewing. Didn't lose any time over it but
thought it was worth mentioning.

I did lose time over a computer glitch. Prospero seemed to not
process an image I took. This was proceeded by every task on the
workstation failing to process. I couldn't close windows or 
perform any commands in a terminal window. Ended up power cycling
the workstation, hiltner, and the IC computer before getting back
to observing.


Lost files were recovered from Caliban using the command recover n disk x.

Reported noise is indeed the brake grabbing the RA secondary drive wheel in one specific spot.  I cleaned off the spot and so far the noise has not repeated.  Will continue to monitor.

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> MDM Observatory 2.4m Telescope Observing Report for 2022 Apr 13
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> Observer(s): Rupert
> Institution(s): MDM
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> Instrument: OSMOS/B
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> Worked for 10.5 hours (all night)
> Conditions were Mixed most of the night.
> No equipment or software problems were encountered.
> 
> Seeing and Weather:
>   Beg: Seeing 1.2 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
>   Mid: Seeing 0.9 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
>   End: Seeing 1.0 arcsec, Clear, Winds Calm
> 
> Observing Summary:
> 
> Weather was good tonight. There were some cirrus to start the
> night, but they quickly dissipated. Experienced a couple technical
> issues that cost some time. See the trouble report.
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> Submitted on 2022 Apr 14 [4:39:16]
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> Observer Contact Email: jurupert at umich.edu (Note: will not appear in versions of the report archived online)
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