Time/Date
20230316T2100-2300
People
Onkar, Natalie, Matt
Spaces Occupied
433C, dome
Goals
- Systems check - identify whats wrong
- West mirror door displaced, did not nest properly
- pointing is off, dfmtcs zenith and ts6 zenith disagree
Log
- onkar had a gut feeling things were wrong, went to check
- was right, west mirror door didn't stow correctly
- pointing was also off but whatever can fix that at next observing session
- west mirror door
- onkar attempted to open mirror door via dfmtcs software
- hears click, nothing happened
- goes up to dome to check whats happening
- mirror doors not moving
- touched motors
- very hot
- ran down to control room and clicked "close mirrors"
- another click
- motors no longer hot to the touch
- onkar conducted hammer time on west
- hammered out bottom pin of the west piston to free the mirror door, taped it in the verticle position
- onkar attempted to open mirror door via dfmtcs software
ToDo
Notes
Weather
- cleardarksky: 20-40% coverage, poor seeing
- NOAA: 50-80% coverage
- wunderground: 35-80% coverage
confidence in reporting: 4/5
Data
Normal place, synced to Google Drive