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Welcome to the SAAO Telescope Operations Wiki (TOPS Wiki)
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==Conditions on the Plateau==
[http://suthweather.saao.ac.za: A syndication of weather from telescopes on the plateau]
 
[http://swaspgateway.suth/ SuperWASP ]
 
[http://www.salt.ac.za/html/weather.php SALT Weather]
 
===Seeing===
[http://timdimm.suth/skycam/Data/AllSkyCurrentImage.JPG TimDimm; the current sky image]. [http://timdimm.suth/skycam/Data/latest_anim.mp4 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.
 
There should be a username and password on the top of every screen in each of the domes, but the general approach will be ccd<telescope>, and then the standard SAAO password. e.g. ccd40, and <standard password>.
 
==Telescopes==
[[20in74" / 1.9m]]
[[30in40" / 1.0m]]
[[40inLesedi]] [[0.75m]] [[0.5m]]
[[IRSF]]
[[MONET]https://portal.saao.ac.za/ Maintenance Log]
==InstrumentsInstrumentation==[[Data Transfer]] [[GIRAFFE]] [[Lesedi Spectrograph (name TBD)]] [[Lesedi HR Spectrograph (name TBD)]] [[SAAO CCDs]]
[[SHOC]]
[[UCT CCDSPUPNIC]] [[STE3]] [[WINCAM]] ==Instrument Change Notes== [[74 Inch]] [[40 Inch]] [[1 m]] ==Telescope Emergency Communication System (TECS)==
== Getting started ==
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
* [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list]
 
== Hosted Instrument and Telescopes ==
We host a number of telescopes and instruments on-site. Here is a list (updated 28/Jan/2015) as well as relevant information about the main contact people, emails, Skype (if available) and anything else we know about them.
 
=== Seismograph ===
[http://ida.ucsd.edu/ Seismo's home page]<br/>
List: seismo@list.saao.ac.za
 
Technical contact:
Carl Ebeling
cebeling@ucsd.edu
1-858-822-4713
No Skype
 
Administrative contact:
Peter Davis
pdavis@ucsd.edu
1-858-534-2839
No Skype
 
===German Research Centre for GeoSciences (GFZ)===
[http://www.gfz-potsdam.de/en/home/ GFZ home page]
 
Technical contact:
Hartmut Pflug
hartmut.pflug@gfz-potsdam.de
+49 331 288 1137
no Skype
 
Administrative contact (accounting officer):
Christoph Förste
christoph.foerste@gfz-potsdam.de
+49 331 288 1737
No Skype
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