Changes between Version 33 and Version 34 of PublicPages/MayallZbandLegacy/NotesforObservers

Timestamp:

Jan 7, 2016 7:19:49 PM (8 years ago)

Author:

Arjun Dey

Comment:

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PublicPages/MayallZbandLegacy/NotesforObservers

@@ -42 +42 @@
 This is consistent with how the NOAO Science Archive timestamps and saves the raw data files.
 
-= Official Nightly Strategy =
-**[wiki:MayallZbandLegacy/NightlyStrategy Detailed instructions for NightlyStrategy]
-
-
-= Creating an almanac file with the observations for the night =
-
-At the end of the night, an almanac file should be generated for the night and checked into svn.
-{{{
-cd products/mosaic3/logs
-idl
-   almanac, <START-EXPOSURE>, <END-EXPOSURE>
-   exit
-svn add Almanac*
-svn commit Almanac*
-}}}
-For example, for the night of March 26/27, 2015, this is done with:
-{{{
-cd products/mosaic3/logs
-idl
-   almanac, 424978, 425143
-   exit
-svn add Almanac_2015-03-26.*
-svn commit Almanac_2015-03-26.*
-}}}
-
-There are actually two versions of this file, one that is an ASCII file (with .txt extension)
-and one that is a FITS file (with .fits extension).
-
-= Writing the human logs =
-
-'''THE FOLLOWING NOT YET UPDATED FOR MOSAIC-3'''
-
-Please write about what happened during your night: weather conditions, which pass you observed,
-and telescope problems.  Follow the example on the pages at [wiki:DecamLegacy/ObservingLogs].
-
-Catastrophically bad frames (such as saturated frames, or where the telescope moved) are recorded
-and svn-checked-in to  '''products/mosaic3/logs/bad_expid.txt'''.
-
-= In case of technical difficulties =
-
-We have in the past encountered technical difficulties that have restricted where we can observe to a specific range in RA/Dec.
-
-If this happens during your run, you have several options:[[BR]]
-1. First, try running mosaicstrategy.py with an appropriate --airmass-limit and/or --moon-sep-limit to try to keep to the required range of tiles. [[BR]]
-2. '''Shorten''' your observing period (using --start-date,--start-time and --end-date,--end-time)  such that it's scheduling fewer tiles.
-3. Increase the assumed seeing such that it schedules longer exposures.
+= Are we there yet? = 
 
 For reference, the tiles we’d be observing with MOSAIC3 in z-band are:
@@ -97 +52 @@
 
 
-
 ----
-
-= Example run-through for a given night =
-
+= "Example run-through for a given night" =
 ----
 
@@ -126 +78 @@
 
 === Create nightly plan ===
+
+**[wiki:MayallZbandLegacy/NightlyStrategy Detailed instructions for NightlyStrategy]
 
 Create the nightly plan from the available tiles.  This will read the tile file to see which ones are already completed.
@@ -242 +196 @@
 If conditions change compared to assumptions for the script, re-run strategy. 
 
+=== Please write human logs ===
+
+'''THE FOLLOWING NOT YET UPDATED FOR MOSAIC-3'''
+
+Please write about what happened during your night: weather conditions, which pass you observed,
+and telescope problems.  Follow the example on the pages at [wiki:MayallZbandLegacy/ObservingLogs].
+
+Catastrophically bad frames (such as saturated frames, or where the telescope moved) are recorded
+and svn-checked-in to  '''products/mosaic3/logs/bad_expid.txt'''.
+
+
+=== In case of technical difficulties ===
+
+We have in the past encountered technical difficulties that have restricted where we can observe to a specific range in RA/Dec.
+
+If this happens during your run, you have several options:[[BR]]
+1. First, try running mosaicstrategy.py with an appropriate --airmass-limit and/or --moon-sep-limit to try to keep to the required range of tiles. [[BR]]
+2. '''Shorten''' your observing period (using --start-date,--start-time and --end-date,--end-time)  such that it's scheduling fewer tiles.
+3. Increase the assumed seeing such that it schedules longer exposures.
+
+
 === End of night ===
 
@@ -271 +246 @@
 - exit
 - svn add *Almanac_date*
-- svn commit
-}}}
+- svn commit *Almanac*
+}}}
+
+For example, for the night of March 26/27, 2015, this is done with:
+{{{
+cd products/mosaic3/logs
+idl
+   almanac, 424978, 425143
+   exit
+svn add Almanac_2015-03-26.*
+svn commit Almanac_2015-03-26.*
+}}}
+
+There are actually two versions of this file, one that is an ASCII file (with .txt extension)
+and one that is a FITS file (with .fits extension).
+
 
 === Create a log file ===