Changes between Version 17 and Version 18 of PublicPages/MayallZbandLegacy/NotesforObservers

Timestamp:

Dec 14, 2015 1:04:57 AM (9 years ago)

Author:

Arjun Dey

Comment:

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PublicPages/MayallZbandLegacy/NotesforObservers

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+=== Update everything ===
+
 Log into the mzls account on the mayall-idl machine.
-
-=== Update everything ===
 
 Update the code, log files and most importantly the tile file:
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-Go to /home/observer/exec, and execute the mzls*.sh script.  '''This must be done from the observer@mosaic account?'''
 
 === Start up mosaic control software ===
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 This will run mosstat on each frame as it shows up and display the results on the screen. 
 
+=== Observe - all night long! ===
+
+1. At start of night, check telescope pointing and zero the telescope coordinates using a bright star placed on the telescope boresight (defined as the center of the mosaic3 focal plane).
+
+2. Move to the beginning of the first MzLS tile position
+
+3. Focus the telescope [[BR]]
+ - create a focus script [[BR]]
+ - run the focus script from the /home/observer/exec directory [[BR]]
+ - log the Truss temperature [[BR]]
+ - set the telescope focus [[BR]] 
+ - focus the guiders [[BR]]
+
+4. Begin mzls*sh script
+
+In a nocs terminal window (on the mosaic3 computer): 
+Go to /home/observer/exec, and execute the mzls*.sh script.  
+
+Monitor focus by checking the image quality on each frame. The Mayall has astigmatism, so one can tell from the shape of the images which way to move the focus. 
+
+'''need a figure here'''
+
+
 === Create the Almanac and Almanac plot files  ===