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* Report any problems on [https://faultreports.saao.ac.za/ the fault reports page].
* GIve Give feedback at the end of your observing run: http://www.saao.ac.za/science/observing/feedback/.* Fill in the [http://www.saao.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/observing_record.pdf Sutherland Observing Record ] each night(paper copies in the dome).
* For GIRAFFE, SpUpNIC, or STE3/4: please fill in the triplicate Log Book for each exposure.
11. Initialise '''XY-slides''' (TCS).
=== Shutdown checklist===
'''* NOTE: in bad weather, perform step 6 first, then 7, then 1 onwards.'''
1. '''Stop instrument and autoguider exposures'''.
2. Initialise '''XY-slides''' (TCS)
3. Switch OFF the '''slow motion drive/tracking''' ("SMD" switch on control panel/TCS "Tracking" button).
4. '''Park telescope''' at HA = 0h, Dec = -32º in SLOW mode.
5. Switch '''dome rotation''' to Manual (blue console N. pier)
6. Close '''mirror covers''' (TCS/buttons on telescope base). If windspeed > 50km/h, rotate dome 180º from wind direction before closing.
7. Close '''dome shutters'''. (TCS/ grey panel on N. pier)
8. '''Rotate dome''' to 90º azimuth (to keep rain off telescope).
9. Lower '''windblind''' (if appropriate; TCS/grey panel N. pier).
10. Switch OFF telescope power (push and hold for 3 sec. "Power" button on control panel/TCS "Telescope Power" button)
11. Switch OFF '''lighting circuits''' at exit.
12. '''End of run''': copy data; report [https://faultreports.saao.ac.za/ faults]; complete [ http://www.saao.ac.za/science/observing/feedback/ feedback form], put Sutherland Observing Record in tray in warm room; for SpUpNIC or GIRAFFE, tear out 1st and 2nd copy of each completed page in triplicate log book -- keep 1st copy and put 2nd copy in end of run tray.
==Instrument Focus settings==
