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OBSERVING RUN PREPARATION AND INSTRUMENT OPERATION

• GENERAL OBSERVING RUN PREPARATIONS
• MANUALS AND SOFTWARE ACCESS
  • AVAILABLE MANUALS
  • AVAILABLE SOFTWARE
  • ACCESS TO MANUALS AND SOFTWARE
    • FTP Access of Hydra Manuals and Software
    • Printing the Assignment Manual
    • Printing the Hydra/WIYN Users Manual
    • Compiling the Assignment Code
    • Compiling the Bench Spectrograph Setup Code
    • Setting Up the Hydra Simulator
    • To Access and Print the ArCon CCD Manual
• BENCH SPECTROGRAPH USE
  • DESIGNING A SPECTROGRAPH CONFIGURATION
    • Sample Run of Spectrograph Setup Program
  • BENCH SPECTROGRAPH SOFTWARE CONTROL
• HYDRA INSTRUMENT USE
  • SUGGESTIONS FOR CREATING THE TARGET FIELDS
    • Target Selection
    • Sky Positions
    • Field Orientation Star Selection
  • FIBER CABLE SELECTION
    • Advantages of the Red Cable
    • Advantages of the Blue Cable
  • CREATING THE TARGET ASSIGNMENTS
  • SUBMITTING THE TARGET ASSIGNMENTS
    • NOAO Queue Programs
    • Visiting Astronomer Programs
  • LOGGING ONTO THE COMPUTER
    • Logging Onto the Console Terminal for Oatmeal
    • Starting up the Instrument Software
    • Initializing the Instrument
  • CONFIGURING FIELDS
    • The Setup Field Command
    • Sample of Setup Field Command
    • The Setup Observe Command
    • Sample of Setup Observe Command
  • WAVELENGTH CALIBRATIONS
    • The Setup Comps Command
    • Sample of Setup Comps Command
  • FLAT FIELD CALIBRATIONS
    • The Setup Flats Command
    • Sample of Setup Flats Command
  • TELESCOPE FOCUS
  • AUTOGUIDING
  • OBSERVING STANDARD STARS
    • The Standard Command
    • Sample of Standard Command
    • An Alternative to the Standard Command
  • USE OF SCRIPT FILES
    • How to Run a Script File
    • Useful Script Files
  • EXITING AND INSTRUMENT SHUT DOWN
  • INSTRUMENT PROBLEM RECOVERY
    • Recovery of Lost Fibers
    • X-Stage Realignment
  • SOME MISCELLANEOUS USEFUL COMMANDS
    • Determining Location of the Gripper, Fibers, and Objects
  • THE .IRAF FILE AND CCD HEADER INFORMATION
    • Sample .iraf File
• LIST OF ACRONYMS AND SOME USEFUL TERMS
• LIST OF POSITIONER COMMANDS