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Telescope Shutdown check List

  • Turn Off tracking and any bias rates that are enables.
  • Stow the Telescope.
  • Stow the Dome by aligning arrows on east wall.
  • Disable The telescope.
  • Close mirror covers on main scope.
  • Close dome shutter
  • Raise the lower windscreen until it hits lower limit
  • Lower the upper windscreen until it overlaps the lower windscreen
  • Lower the observing platfor all the way down
  • Fill the dewar if needed.
  • Bolt catwalk door
  • Fill out and send trouble report
  • Check Weather forecast for next day. If ANY chace of thunderstorm/lightning put observatory in lightning shutdown.
  • Make sure stove/oven are off and fridge is closed.
  • Make sure lazyboy is not directly in front of heater in control room.\
  • In Winter make sure heater is on and set to 3.5
  • Turn off all lights
  • Make sure front door is locked
  • set dome alarm
  • double check front door is locked after walking out.
kuiper/shutdown_check_list.txt · Last modified: 2016/05/11 16:16 by melanie