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[http://timdimm.suth/skycam/Data/AllSkyCurrentImage.JPG TimDimm; the current sky image]. [http://timdimm.suth/skycam/Data/latest_anim.mp4 Also in Movie format!] | [http://timdimm.suth/skycam/Data/AllSkyCurrentImage.JPG TimDimm; the current sky image]. [http://timdimm.suth/skycam/Data/latest_anim.mp4 Also in Movie format!] | ||
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| + | For those who've been here before, we no longer have an s20, s30, s40 and s74 computers in the domes. Those used to be for reduction of data, but now we're using a terminal computer approach. We call this a '''thin client''' and they're similar to the "old days" where there was some computer in a basement somewhere and many terminals connected to them. | ||
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Revision as of 22:57, 4 May 2013
Welcome to the SAAO Telescope Operations Wiki (TOPS Wiki)
Conditions on the Plateau
A syndication of weather from telescopes on the plateau
Seeing
TimDimm; the current sky image. Also in Movie format!
Using the "thin client" computers in the domes
For those who've been here before, we no longer have an s20, s30, s40 and s74 computers in the domes. Those used to be for reduction of data, but now we're using a terminal computer approach. We call this a thin client and they're similar to the "old days" where there was some computer in a basement somewhere and many terminals connected to them.
Telescopes
Instruments
Getting started
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