SEST Operations

Introduction procedures

• Check for free and clean account
• Introduce Dorado, Eridanus, Sextans, Vela
• Discuss receiver, spectrometer, observing mode, other
• Introduce construct

• Introduce Pegasus
• Introduce TCS
• Go through Monitor, Antenna, Source
• For line observation:
  Connect, lines, tune, observing mode, pointing, focusing, single, map
• For Simba:
  Musca, Simba, AC-DC, pointing, focusing, Map, skydip
• For both:
  Explain Sun, wind and humidity restrictions
• Go trough possible problems
  Subreflector, communications. Beeper
• Explain Comment and Problem windows
• Explain data reduction possibilities

• Explain how to make personal data backup after observations
• Request two end-of-observe reports
• Make SEST backup Vela, Dorado
• Clean Vela, Dorado, Eridanus, Sextans

Last modified by Felipe Mac-Auliffe, January 20th 2003
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