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40" / 1.0m

21 bytes added, 10:01, 23 April 2019
/* The Observing Floor */
* '''Blue console on the East side of the North pier.'''
* '''Grey box by the blue console.''' If the telescope reaches its safe operating limits, the red light on this box will flash, an alarm will sound and the telescope drives and dome rotation will be disabled. There is an override key attached to the box, used to allow the telescope to be moved out of the [[#Telescope pointing limits|limits]].
* '''Emergency stop button on the grey box.''' There is a large red button to press if the drive motors fail to stop. If you have reason to press this, [[#Contact numbers|call a technician ]] to investigate.
* '''XY-slide reset button on the grey box.''' On the top of the grey box with the emergency stop button is a small blue button to press if the TCS XY-slides fail to respond.
* '''PC monitor to the right of the North pier.''' This screen displays pointing information, including your target coordinates and current telescope coordinates, for use when slewing the telescope manually.
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