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-All of these windows are available under the buttons in the left sidebar. And closing a window (such as the **System Status Display**, see below) does not erase or interrupt anything. “Fold” is synonymous with minimize. However it is generally best to keep only a few windows open at any one time so that you are not confused with where things are (just reopen them as necessary).
+All of these windows are available under the buttons in the left sidebar. And closing a window (such as the __System Status Display__, see below) does not erase or interrupt anything. “Fold” is synonymous with minimize. However it is generally best to keep only a few windows open at any one time so that you are not confused with where things are (just reopen them as necessary).
 =====Getting Started=====
-Like many webpage this WBI has embedded links that will allow you to bring up windows and tools. All of these can also be accessed via the left sidebar menu. The **System Status Display** activity is perhaps the most important window to monitor. It shows the live status of the observatory and its equipment. Note you will see the link for it on the Welcome page as well as under the “Live Observing” button in the menu. Clicking the “Live Observing” button will expand into a dropdown menu.  (See Fig 4).
+Like many web page this WBI has embedded links that will allow you to bring up windows and tools. All of these can also be accessed via the left sidebar menu. The __System Status Display__ activity is perhaps the most important window to monitor. It shows the live status of the observatory and its equipment. Note this "page" will always be open when you first load the WBI. If you happen to close it accidentally you can find it by clicking the "Live Observing" dropdown in the sidebar.
-Before closing the Welcome page note the three steps that are outlined.  First bring up the System Status Display. Then monitor the environment of the telescope using the SkyCenter Observatory Live information. Finally fill in forms to take images using either Single Image Acquisition or Plans. That really is all there is to using the system. These steps are outlined below and as you will see most of the activity at the observatory is automated.
+{{public:catalinas:lemmon:skycenter:sidebar.gif}}
+Before closing the Welcome page note the three steps that are outlined.
+  - Bring up the __System Status Display__.
+  - Monitor the environment of the telescope using the __All-Sky Camera__ and __Dome Cameras__ pages.
+  - Fill in forms to take images using either __Single Image Acquisition__ or [[ACP Planner| Plans]].
+That really is all there is to using the system. These steps are outlined below and as you will see most of the activity at the observatory is automated.
 =====System Status Display=====
-Close the Welcome screen (you can always bring it up again under the Tutorials and FAQs button). Click the link for the System Status Display and you will see something similar to Fig 5.
+Close the Welcome screen (you can always bring it up again under __Help Resources__ sidebar). Click the link for the System Status Display and you will see something similar to below.
-The first column (Observatory) shows the local civil time as well as local sidereal time (LST). The dome should be open and slaved (meaning it is synched with the motion of the telescope). You will find weather information under the SkyCenter Observatory Live (to be shown in a moment).
-Under the Telescope column the current position of the telescope is shown. “Air” stands for airmass- the amount of air you are currently observing through. The zenith has a value of 1 with larger values being displayed as you look nearer to the horizon.
+{{public:catalinas:lemmon:skycenter:systemstatus.gif}}
-The Imager column shows the current selected filter and binning mode for the camera. When guiding during long exposures (see the Guiding section below) the Guider area will display the small adjustments the telescope is making to track a guide star. Not shown in Fig 5 is a guide star image that appears to the right of the Guider block. And farthest to the right is a block that will graphically show these corrections. The Activity column will indicate the progression of an exposure. The FWHM shown here is measured from the average of bright stars in the image- but often stars in images are saturated so this measurement tends to be a higher value than has actually been acquired.
-The Plan column on the right shows the indices of a set of exposures. This includes the number of filters and repeats for a set of observations. This information becomes useful when plan files, with many observations, are submitted to the observatory. It helps you understand where in the sequence of acquisition of what has been acquired and what images have yet to be taken.
+The first column (**Observatory**) shows the local civil time as well as local sidereal time (LST). The dome should be open and slaved (meaning it is synched with the motion of the telescope). You may find site conditions and weather in the [[acp_web_interface#SkyCenter Observatory Live]] section.
-Near the bottom of the System Status Display window there is a link that says “Show/Hide Run Log and Abort.” Clicking the link will reveal an embedded window that displays the internal operations of the observatory. First time users need not worry about the details, but it is still recommended to monitor this activity for errors and other kinds of useful information (Fig 6).
-Figure 6      Information scrolling by in the embedded window of the Run Log
+Under the **Telescope** column the current position of the telescope is shown. "Air" stands for airmass((The amount of air you are currently observing through.)). The zenith has a value of 1 with larger values being displayed as you look nearer to the horizon.
-The run log is saved to disk and is accessible under the menu option “My Documents.” Note that when the system is running (taking images) a “Stop Run” option is displayed. Pressing this will abort the current activity and leave the telescope idle in its current position. Before pressing this button…. Please read the Stop Run/Abort section below for more information!
+The **Imager** column shows the current selected filter and binning mode for the camera. When guiding during long exposures the **Guider** area will display the small adjustments the telescope is making to track a guide star. Not shown is a guide star image that appears to the right of the Guider block. And farthest to the right is the **Tracking Errors** block that will graphically show these corrections.
+The **Activity** column will indicate the progression of an exposure. The FWHM((Full Width Half Max, the "seeing" or how sharp the images are.)) shown here is measured from the average of bright stars in the image: this is a automated procedure and may not always generate a number. It is always best to check the seeing yourself with the downloaded images.
+The **Plan** column on the right shows the indices of a set of exposures. This includes the number of filters and repeats for a set of observations. This information becomes useful when plan files, with many observations, are submitted to the observatory. It helps you understand where in the sequence of acquisition of what has been acquired and what images have yet to be taken.
+Near the bottom of the __System Status Display__ window there is a link that says "Show/Hide Run Log and Abort Control." Clicking the link will reveal an embedded console that displays the internal operations of the observatory. First time users need not worry about the details, but it is still recommended to monitor this activity for errors and other kinds of useful information such as the seeing calculated from the autofocus procedure.
+The run log is saved to disk and is accessible under the menu option "My Documents." Note that when the system is running (taking images) a "Stop Run" option is displayed. Pressing this will abort the current activity and leave the telescope idle in its current position. Before pressing this button... Please read the [[acp_web_interface#Stopping a Run]] section!
 =====SkyCenter Observatory Live=====
-It is a good idea to keep the System Status Display visible and add any other windows you want beneath it. A very good thing to monitor (and it is fun to do so) are the cameras under the SkyCenter Observatory Live. Both the System Status Display and the SkyCenter Observatory Live links are under the “Live Observing” the “Observatory Info” dropdown menu options.  Click on the Skycenter Observatory Live to see views such as the all-sky camera and interior views of the telescope (Fig 7).  This page updates automatically- but if the image appears stale it can updated by clicking the “Refresh” button at the bottom. There is a separate link to view the North facing camera as well. Clicking and holding the mouse button down on the camera view of the telescope will enlarge the image. On a related note you will find current infrared satellite imagery (animation) for Arizona and the Clear Sky Clock for the Mount Lemmon Skycenter under the “Observatory Info” menu option (Fig 8).
+It is a good idea to keep the __System Status Display__ visible and add any other windows you want beneath it. A very good thing to monitor (and it is fun to do so) are the cameras on site. Links to our cameras can be found under the "Observatory Info" dropdown menu in the sidebar.
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+Clicking on these will load the corresponding feed from our cameras. These pages can be automatically refreshed with the checkbox at the bottom the window. Note that the __All-Sky Camera__ can be refreshed every 60 seconds while the __Dome Cameras__ are refreshed every 10 seconds.
+On a related note you will find current infrared satellite imagery (animation) for Arizona and the __Clear Sky Chart__ for the Mount Lemmon SkyCenter under the "Observatory Info" menu option as well as Dawn and Dusk times.
+More weather related information can be found [[public:catalinas:lemmon:schulman_32:schulman_32_telescope#weather|elsewhere]] on this wiki.
 =====Single Object Imaging (Single Image)=====

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