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| * Building layout | * Building layout | ||
| * Importance of keys, cell phone and flashlight | * Importance of keys, cell phone and flashlight | ||
| - | * Arrival, departure parking and headlights off after dark | + | * Arrival, departure, parking, and headlights off after dark |
| ====Dormitory: | ====Dormitory: | ||
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| ====Mont4K: | ====Mont4K: | ||
| * How to use the M4K - go over manual online at the 61” website | * How to use the M4K - go over manual online at the 61” website | ||
| - | * LN2 how to fill | + | * How to use Azcam |
| - | * LN2/gaseous N2 pressurize | + | * How to use the software on Gerard properly (dataserver, |
| - | * LN2 tank swap procedure – at a minimum review | + | * Leave Azcam running |
| * Have trainee actually get everything up and running, find focus etc. | * Have trainee actually get everything up and running, find focus etc. | ||
| - | * For the M4K, the dewar MUST be filled every 24hrs NO EXCEPTIONS. | + | |
| - | * Warning!!! LN2 can spill out of camera dewar after filling! | + | * LN2 how to fill, use static discharge strap whenever touching the dewar, touch metal fill tube to the outside of the fill port before inserting, etc |
| + | * LN2/gaseous N2 pressurize | ||
| + | * LN2 tank swap procedure – at a minimum review | ||
| + | * **[[.: | ||
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| + | * If a camera has gone longer than 24 hours, call a staff member. | ||
| + | * The staff member will probably ask you first if the scope is in lightning shutdown, if not they' | ||
| + | * If the telescope is in lightning shutdown, they will ask you to check if the fill port is outgassing. | ||
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| ====Telescope Operations General Items:==== | ====Telescope Operations General Items:==== | ||
| * Rules for safe operation of telescope | * Rules for safe operation of telescope | ||
| - | * Mirror covers are the last thing to open at start of night/first to close at end | + | * Mirror covers are the last thing to open at start of night/first to close at the end |
| - | * How to operate exhaust fan down stairs | + | * How to operate exhaust fan downstairs |
| * Know where the elevator floor is in relation to the instrument and yoke | * Know where the elevator floor is in relation to the instrument and yoke | ||
| * Make sure ladders are out of the way | * Make sure ladders are out of the way | ||
| - | * Use infrared camera and watch every time you move the scope. | + | * Use infrared camera and watch every time you move the telescope. |
| - | * If operator for a group of people, no one but certified observer can move scope | + | * If operator for a group of people, no one but certified observer can move telescope |
| * When you leave for the night, make sure you disable the telescope in TCS. | * When you leave for the night, make sure you disable the telescope in TCS. | ||
| * Laptop is located in the console upstairs in the dome | * Laptop is located in the console upstairs in the dome | ||
| * Actually use the laptop to move the telescope around | * Actually use the laptop to move the telescope around | ||
| - | * Where to write fill times | + | * Where to write fill times and humidity readings |
| - | * Limits (hardware limits, software limits) | + | * Limits (hardware limits, software |
| * Check the weather regularly! (Joe checks at a minimum once an hour on good nights) | * Check the weather regularly! (Joe checks at a minimum once an hour on good nights) | ||
| * Lightning shutdown | * Lightning shutdown | ||
| * Stowing dome/ | * Stowing dome/ | ||
| * Video finder scope, hand paddle, finder scopes | * Video finder scope, hand paddle, finder scopes | ||
| - | * Losing pointing and how to recover | + | * Losing pointing and how to recover, actually lose pointing and have them find it again |
| * Setting/ | * Setting/ | ||
| * Don’t turn on dome lights with shutter open | * Don’t turn on dome lights with shutter open | ||
| * How to get data off Gerard | * How to get data off Gerard | ||
| + | * How to leave telescope at the end of night when not going into lightning shutdown. | ||
| ====Weather: | ====Weather: | ||
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| ====Power Failures: | ====Power Failures: | ||
| - | * How to start the generator (currently no generator. If you lose power call mtn ops support) | + | * Generator should |
| * Phase indicator lights in dome and on powerhouse | * Phase indicator lights in dome and on powerhouse | ||
| * Emergency flashlight locations | * Emergency flashlight locations | ||
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| ====Certification Process: | ====Certification Process: | ||
| * Contact a certifier and work around THEIR schedule. | * Contact a certifier and work around THEIR schedule. | ||
| + | * [[: | ||
| ====Record Keeping: | ====Record Keeping: | ||
| * Everyone running the telescope needs the proper documentation, | * Everyone running the telescope needs the proper documentation, | ||
| - | * Certification sheets can be found in the 61” control room or in the Mountain Operations office N350. They must be filled out and signed by both certifier and newly certified. | + | * Certification sheets can be found in the 61” control room, or our wiki page: https:// |
| * You need to turn in a digital picture of yourself along with your completed certification form to be considered certified. | * You need to turn in a digital picture of yourself along with your completed certification form to be considered certified. | ||
| * Certification sheets must then be turned into Melanie Waidanz or Joe Hoscheidt where we can file the hard copy and update our database. | * Certification sheets must then be turned into Melanie Waidanz or Joe Hoscheidt where we can file the hard copy and update our database. | ||
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