26 data were collected on Aug 04 in the first pointing run since the July shutdown :

A fairly strong trend of daz -vs- elevation appears (upper centre panel). The new data were reduced using TPOINT and a new model installed. Its predicted performance as described by the rms scatters in (daz,del) is (1.7",1.6").

A subsequent dataset taken the next evening is shown below :

33 data give raw residuals of (2.5",1.7") : the elevation performance is as predicted, while the azimuth performance is most easily summarized as "somewhat -ve in quadrants 1 & 5 cf q2,3,4". As frustrating and disappointing as it was before the shutdown . . .

A transit tracking of Uranus was also performed :

The rms residuals in (daz,del) for this ~1hour tracking are (0.8",0.8"). (The seeing monitor is not working so there is no confirmation that this scatter is comparable with the seeing).

• there are a couple of systematic 3" excursions in azimuth - one wonders about any connection to the poor general performance in azimuth pointing (!?).
• there is perhaps a +1.5" slope across the elevation data, but
• otherwise there is no indication of any transit step : ie the current value of 3"*cos(el) is adequate/lost-in-the-noise.