OWL Readout Failure, again
Thursday, August 30, 2018 1:47 PM
Problem(s) Encountered:
During the afternoon, the camera started reading out blank frames, i.e. frames that looked like biases, while it was taking flats. With Justin''s help I verified the shutter was operating (or at least clacking). He cycled the ccd electronics, which didn''t cure it; we then turned it all the way off and left it
that way for a couple hours. After powering back up before sunset, it came back up OK and was fine for the rest of the night.
Might be a good idea to power down during the day.
Solutions:
This has happened a couple times. Not really sure what is going on with it. Doesn’t seem temperature-related, but who knows. All I can do is watch and see... .