For efficient observing, Kitt Peak provides caches for user coordinates at the 4-m, WIYN, 2.1-m, Coude Feed, and 0.9-m telescopes. To ensure that caches are ready for the start of a run, observers should e-mail object coordinates two weeks in advance to allow sufficient time to load and verify observer coordinate lists.
The coordinate list, which follows a simple space-delimited format, is e-mailed to coords@noao.edu. When the list has been received, a reply will verify receipt and a second e-mail will confirm that the object list has been processed and is ready for the observer's run. At the end of the run, user coordinate caches are archived and can be reinstalled in the telescope computer for later runs.
Format and instructions for e-mail coordinate submission can be found by either following the links from the NOAO home page or by pointing your web browser to http://claret.kpno.noao.edu/coords.html, which is off the "KPNO Observing Information" Web page.
Craig Mackey, Bruce Bohannan