RA Procedures for operating the telescope

• Quick notes/links

• Statistics on operations

• Naming Convention for VIRUS - Phillip

• Observation Numbering Conventions and blocks of numbers in use

• Overview of Operations
  • Overview of afternoon checkout procedures
  • Overview of start of night procedures
  • Overview of end of night procedures

• Remote Operations notes during CoVID-19 pandemic

• Specific notes on various hardware/software tools:
  • Notes on using OCD to observe HETDEX and other programs
  • Notes on using HoBS to observe HETDEX and other programs
  • Notes on Gravitational Wave followup
  • DIMM procedures
  • DIMM2 procedures
  • New Celestron DIMM(Under Construction)
  • Fixing communication with TCS
  • Fixing Qdata in FITSHEADERS
  • Fixing sound problems on MCS
  • System monitors, databases and logs
  • Starting/Stopping the LRS2 and Virus software
  • FCU lamp warmup tests
  • Night Report related problem
  • Problems related to nossy, and/or network maintenance
  • Notes on using autodisplay
  • Notes on GIQ and other image quality related tools

• Image Quality engineering procedures:
  • High speed BIB imaging
  • High speed CWFS imaging
  • Simplified high speed CWFS test, no DIMM2
  • CWFS+CCAS test

• Notes on hydra/nossy documentation/queue, observing targets, and transferring data to TACC:
  • Overview of Hydra/Nossy systems
  • Updating Hydra/Nossy documentation
  • Notes on adding targets/programs to the queue, the queue tool, and email lists
  • Notes on choosing targets from the queue and approach to priority 4
  • Using target_setup
  • Data transfer problems

• PFIP, probes, and ACQ camera
  • Guide Probe procedures
  • Current best position for markers
  • Making telescope offsets
  • acm calibration procedures
  • flat fields and calibrations for the probes
  • specifications of various cameras/probes
  • stability test for ACQ mirror, FCU head, PV/CWFS mirror

• LRS2
  • LRS2 Calibrations
  • LRS2 Ion Pump and Vacuum Gauge
  • LRS2 Taking science exposures
  • LRS2 End of night
  • LRS2 Troubleshooting

• VIRUS
  • VIRUS Calibrations
  • VIRUS Observing
  • VIRUS Ion Pumps
  • VIRUS Parallel
  • VIRUS VIRUS Health Check
  • VIRUS VIRUS Quicklook with Remedy
  • VIRUS End of the night
  • VIRUS Troubleshooting

• HPF
  • HPF Calibrations
  • HPF Suggested terminals setup
  • HPF Observing Science Targets
  • HPF Quick look reductions and SNR
  • HPF Monitoring for saturation
  • HPF Troubleshooting
  • HPF TIMSHET problems
  • HPF Screens Information

• Shuffle data

• Emergency TO Shut Down

• Troubleshooting tips and tricks