Subject: Re: 2.5m obslog 20021127 (MJD 52606)
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 18:51:36 -0700 (MST)
From: sjnk@apo.nmsu.edu (Scot Kleinman)
Jurek and Dan asked (via the nightlog):
>Bad XSIGMA & WSIGMA during observations:
>This is already a third time when something like this happened (during my shift
>anyway) and our decisions always were the same: get rid of "bad data" and
>collimate, but actually we don't have any procedure for such events - are
>these data realy bad? Could someone look at them and tell us what would be the
>best apporoach when it'll happen, please?
Yes,  I believe that is exactly the right procedure.  Stop, recollimate,
then continue.  True, you're losing time, but your wasting time taking
bad data otherwise, so best to stop and take care of things.
Scot