Adaptive Optics Operations and Engineering

AO Operations and Engineering

Working at night? check the Nighttime Observing pages

Operations Procedures:

Temperature Monitoring:

Video monitoring:

WYKO	K1AO	K2AO
AO enclosure	K1AO	K2AO (coming soon)

Power up/down tip-tilt mirrors:

Web-based console (instructions)

K1AO

K2AO

General policies and references:

The table below is a guidelines for coordinating/prioritizing the AO activities and making sure that the summit schedules and K1/2 AO calendars are updated as appropriate. See Colette if you have questions.

Activity	Summit Schedule	K1/K2 AO Calendars	Comments or Additional Requirements	Who / How
TAC Science: NIRC2, OSIRIS, NIRSPAO, IF V2, OHANA	AORes	No Entry into AO enclosure. Add calendar item; Remotely available until 2:30pm	Low impact: calibration setup. Higher impact: more cals, deformable mirror to lenslet registration, wavefront sensor calibrations, image sharpening.
1st Science Night of a Run	AORes	Reserved all day for night instrument.	Daylog entry
Troubleshooting in support of tonight's observing.	Add new entry: AOSR	Troubleshooting becomes a higher priority	Let AO Support/Support Astronomer know; Daylog entry required.
Special Requests During TAC science or first science night.	Change AORes to AOSR	Add calendar item; available only until 2:30pm	Any work on the optics bench requires email to +aousers.
Any other activity	inAO	Entry into AO okay. Add calendar item. Any work on the optics bench requires email to C. Tyau.	Daylog entry
Information for summit schedule: AORes: AO Reserved: no one in AO at anytime during the day - lights dark. inAO: Physically in AO and it's OK to have lights on. AOSR: AO Special Request