TELESCOPE OPERATIONS MANUAL
By Heidi Schweiker
Edited By Hillary Mathis
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PDF version of the February 2011 manual (2.5Mb)
Telescope Operations
Introduction
Location of the 0.9m Telescope
Safety Walk-through
Safety Interlocks
Filling the Dewar
The Dome Cameras
The Exhaust Fan
The Wind Screen
The Dry Air System
Dome Vent Operation
Startup Checklist
Shutdown Checklist
The ACE TCS
Overview of the TCS
Starting Up the TCS
Telescope Park Positions
Importing Coordinate Catalogs
Aquiring an Object
Small Telescope Motions
Moving the Dome
TCS/Instrument Communication
Observing
Checking the Weather
Data Acquisition Computers
Checking and Zeroing Pointing
Changing Filters with S2KB
Dome Flats
Focusing
Guiding with Mosaic
Guiding with S2KB
Automated CCD Log
S2KB Information
WIYN 0.9m/S2KB FAQs
The MOSAIC Manual
Troubleshooting Tips
Startup Checklist
Shutdown Checklist
End of Run Checklist
Lightning Shutdown Procedures
Extended Horizon Map
Additional S2KB Information
The KPFILT script
More on the Mosaic Guider
A Unix Cheatsheet
An IRAF Cheatsheet
An SFTP Cheatsheet
An EMACS CheatSheet
An Vi CheatSheet
A Guide to Taking Sky Flats
Dewar Filling Tips and Tricks
Taking a Seeing Measurement
0.9m User's Manual
ICE Observing Manual
Direct Imaging Manual
The MOSAIC Manual
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