Changes
1.0m
,/* TCS operations at the end of an observation */
* In "XY Slides Control", click "STOP" to cease A/G camera integrations.
* In "XY Slides Control", click "Initialize" to home the XY slides.
== Shutdown procedures ==
=== End of night shutdown ===
The usual shutdown procedure at the end of the night is given below. This list is printed on a laminated sign displayed in the warm room for quick reference.
# Stop instrument & autoguider exposures (TCS PC).
# Initialise XY-slides (TCS PC).
# Park telescope at HA= -1h, Dec = 0° in FAST mode (blue console).
# Switch Dome to MANUAL (blue console).
# Close mirror covers (telescope).
# Close dome shutters (Observing floor control panel - listen for beep).
# Lower wind blind (if appropriate - Observing floor control panel).
# Switch OFF telescope power (blue console).
# Switch OFF facility power at exit.
=== Closing in bad weather ===
If any of the weather limits is reached during the night, '''perform these steps first''' (you may need to slew the telescope to a
suitable position in order to access the mirror covers):
# Close mirror covers.
# Close dome shutters (listen for beep).
# Continue with the remaining steps in Section~\ref{sec-end}.
== {STE3/STE4: CCD Camera log book ==
If using STE3 or STE4, please fill in the triplicate CCD Camera log book for each image obtained, pressing hard enough for your words to register on all three sheets. If you are using SHOC, there is no such log.
The fields are explained as follows:
\begin{itemize}
\item {\bf Telescope:} 1.0-m.
\item {\bf Focus}: This is telescope focus. You may wish to make a note of
the acquisition camera focus for your own purposes.
\item {\bf CCD Type:} This will be STE3 if the unbinned detector dimensions are $512 \times 512$ pixels, else STE4 for $1024 \times 1024$.
\item {\bf CCD temp:} This refers to the ``Cu Block'' temperature reported in the ``Temperature'' section of the instrument status panel of the STE3/4 CCD Camera Control software.
\item {\bf Filters:} Enter the filter in each position of the two wheels. See Section~\ref{sec-tel}.
\item {\bf Date and Observers}: are self-explanatory.
\item {\bf Run number:} This is a 3-digit number that will apply to your data for the duration of your observing run (unlike the UCT~CCD convention). It will be prefixed to your image files, which will be named a{\em nnnxxxx}.fits, where {\em nnn} is the run number, {\em xxxx} is the file number. To determine your run number, check the previous run number in the log book and add 1.
\item {\bf File No.} is the number of the image ({\em xxxx} where the
filename is a{\em nnnxxxx}).
\item {\bf Object}: target name.
\item {\bf RA \& Dec}: it may help you to write here the exact telescope
coordinates when pointing to your target, as opposed to the
catalogue coordinates. This information, together with the
associated zeropoints, will enable you to re-acquire the target
quickly in future.
\item {\bf Equinox}: of your target coordinates.
\item {\bf Start UT}: is reported in the status panel of the CCD Camera Control software, and remains visible until the next exposure is started.
\item {\bf Start sidereal time}: can be read from the TCS coordinate display monitors.
\item {\bf Int Time}: the exposure time in seconds.
\item {\bf Preflash}: this is not required with the current detectors. This box can be used to record the prebin setting.
\item {\bf Filter and Seeing}: are self-explanatory.
\item {\bf Guide star X Y}: these are the XY-slide coordinates of the
guide star used for each observation. Read them from the TCS ``XY
Slides Control'' window while guiding, as they are not necessarily
identical to the values you read from DS9.
\item {\bf Remarks}: Any applicable notes, e.g. the RA \& Dec zeropoints for the
specific coordinates used.
\end{itemize}
== Current known issues (last updated Nov 2013)==
