The following routine is recommended to start the night.
Summary
Among its many features, the MAGIQ ObserverUI shows you the guider camera image and
allows you to highlight your next science target for the OA.
To start the MAGIQ ObserverUI:
- Right-click in the background to get the pull-down menu
- Select "K2 Guider Eavesdropping" --> "MAGIQ (Guider)" -->
"Start ObserverUI"
The "Facilities Summary" or FACSUM window is a real-time
display of the telescope status. To run FACSUM:
- From the pull-down menu, select "K2 Telescope Status
Menu" --> "FACSUM"
- Resize the window as desired.
The MET is a meteorological display showing current
summit temperature/dewpoint data. To run it:
- From the pull-down menu, select "K2 Telescope Status
Menu" --> "MET"
- Adjust the size of this window as desired.
This allows the NIRSPEC rotator to communicate with the telescope.
Before enabling DCS comms, FACSUM may report "unknown" under the Rotator status.
- In the NIRSPEC Instrument Control GUI,
click on "Rotator"
- This brings up the Image Rotator GUI, click on "Enable DCS"
Run a "Setup Only" script from the NIRSPEC
Format Simulator (EFS) to insert a filter and open the
NIRSPEC hatch.
The Observing Assistant (OA) is not permitted to open the dome
until after sunset. Please be patient while the shutter opens
and the OA checks the initial telescope pointing.
When ready to move the telescope, the OA will ask you for your
first target and load the coordinates from your starlist file. He or she will select a
bright star near your target and will attempt to acquire that in
the guider, then will double-check the accuracy of pointing by
acquiring one or two additional stars from the SAO or GSC
catalogs.
Ask the OA to focus the telescope. They will:
- Execute the Mira script to focus the telescope
- Run a Guider Autofoc to ensure the annular guider is
focused to the instrument