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/* Observing Setup */
==Observing Setup==
 
===Target Catalogue File===
Target names and coordinates get propagated into the fits headers by loading a target catalogue file into the ''Target Info'' pane and then selecting the appropriate target.
(Note: do not include spaces in the target names and use single spaces between the object name, RA, Dec and Equinox)
* Click on the ''Load Target Catalogue'' button, then navigate to , and select , your catalogue.
* Select the appropriate target name from the drop-down list that appears after the catalogue file has been loaded.
* If you edit the catalogue file, you'll need to reload it into the GUI before the changes will appearin the drop-down list.
===Focusing the acquisition camera===# With the guide mirror out of the beam (either set the "''Science" '' state in the "''Lamp/Mirror Settings" section '' pane of the SpUpNic control SpUpNIC Control GUI -- if it says Guide Mirror "''Acquisition"'', click "''Change" '' -- or click on the guide mirror in the graphical view instrument schematic to allow the beam through the hole in the guide mirror.# Turn on the slit illumination (in "Instrument Setup" move , either by clicking on the ''Slit illumination slider to .... and click "'' icon in the schematic, or by clicking ''Change" to turn on '' in the lamp)''Instrument Setup'' pane.
On the TCS:
# Start exposures with the acquisition camera and tune the exposure time/LUT sliders/slit illumination to allow good contrast of the scratches on the lower slit jaw.
# Adjust the acquisition camera focus in the bottom right "''Camera Focus" '' box until the scratches on the slit jaw appear as sharp as you can get them.
==Recipe for setting up slit position on the TCS - using SpUpNIC Control GUI==
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