Observer Cookbook at McDonald
User and Proposer Information:
- IGRINS Instrument Information
- Slit Viewer Field-of-View
- SNR Estimates and Guidelines at McDonald
- Using the Pipeline Package
- Preparing Observations with Finding Chart Package
- What to bring on your observing run? (Needs to be updated--20241206)
- Kyle's Observability Tool
- IGRINS Printable Logsheet - IGRINS Digital Logsheet
Useful webpages: https://igrins-gemini.web.app/
- IGRINS HKP : https://igrins-hk.firebaseapp.com/
- Real-Time finder chart : https://igrins-jj.firebaseapp.com/status
- ObsSummary app (change date at the end of link): https://igrins-status.firebaseapp.com/night/20241124
- Logs in the google spreadsheet (be sure to select the sheet with your observation date): IGRINS log folder for HJST
- QuickLook client app (change date at the end of link) : http://192.168.2.2/?obsdate=20241124
Observer Procedures:
- The McDonald Control Room and 107' Telescope
- Starting up IGRINS computers & data taking software
- Taking Calibrations
- Dome Opening Procedure
- Position Angle Changes (needs to be updated--20241206)
- Worklists (Kyle should verify these directions--20241206)
- Rotation PA -> Encoder Table for IGRINS
- Telescope Pointing Procedure (still true, add to Observer Cookbook--20241206)
- How to zero the telescope pointing in TCS
- Dither Directions in the Slitview Image
- Autoguiding (needs to be updated for new GUI--20241206)
- Using the IGRINS Data Taking Package (needs to be updated for new GUI--20241206)
- Data Requests and Transfers (update once IGRINS Box is up and running--20241206)
2014 Troubleshooting:
These are old troubleshooting guides that may or may not be relevant to any issues that will occur in the present for IGRINS–we are keeping them here for reference in case any of these issues occur. If one of these issues occurs, before trying any fixes reach out to Greg Mace (gmace@astro.as.utexas.edu) to report the problem and discuss potential solutions.
- Troubleshooting Guide
- !! NOT FOR INEXPERIENCED OBSERVERS !! Contact observing support before attempting!
How to reboot Colossus if TCS fails - Solution to Slow Detector Display on ICC
- Detectors not taking exposures
- Files not saving at end of exposure
- K band Connection is Dead
Instrument Team Procedures:
- Full Startup Procedures (mostly correct but needs some updates--20241206)
- Full Shutdown Procedures
- Storage Procedure (mostly correct but needs some updates--20241206)
- Running the House Keeping Package alone (we think this is correct–verify script names havent changed--20241206)
- Transportation Procedures
- Coldhead Cleaning
- In the Lab Opening and Closing Procedures
- Coldhead Replacement Procedure (fix formatting--20241206)
- Data Backup Procedure
- IGRINS Cooling System Information
- Network Switch Outputs (may have changed?--20241206)
Instrument Manuals:
Most of these manuals are out of date for the current software we run for IGRINS. Keeping here for reference but I would not use for help with any of these programs now–most all have been significantly updated to be mostly unrecognizable from the outlines here.