Old Manuals - McDonald

Observer at McDonald

User and Proposer Information:

• IGRINS Instrument Information

• Slit Viewer Field-of-View

• Signal-to-Noise Estimates

• How to Use Exposure Time Calculator

• How to Use Quick Look Package

• Using the Pipeline Package

• Preparing Observations with Finding Chart Package

• What to bring on your observing run?

• Kyle's Observability Tool

• IGRINS Printable Logsheet    -   IGRINS Digital Logsheet

Observer Procedures:

• The McDonald Control Room and 107' Telescope

• Starting up IGRINS computers & data taking software

• Taking Calibrations

• TCS Startup

• Old Dome Opening Procedure

• Position Angle Changes

• Rotation PA -> Encoder Table for IGRINS

• Telescope Pointing Procedure

• How to zero the telescope pointing in TCS

• Dither Directions in the Slitview Image

• Autoguiding

• Using the IGRINS Data Taking Package

• End Of Night Procedure

• End of Run Shutdown

• Data Requests and Transfers

Troubleshooting:

• Troubleshooting Guide

• 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:

• Old Full Startup Procedures

• Old Full Shutdown Procedures

• Old Storage Procedure - Old Running the House Keeping Package alone

• Changing Arc Lamps - Arc Lamp History

• Old Transportation Procedures

• In the Lab Opening and Closing Procedures

• Coldhead Replacement Procedure

• Old Data Backup Procedure

• IGRINS Cooling System Information

• Network Switch Outputs

Instrument Manuals: