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What to bring on your observing run?
Updated Jul 17

    What to bring on your observing run?

    • Finder charts (see IGRINS Observing PlannerPreview).

    • Encoder settings for PA’s if you plan to rotate IGRINS (see Rotation PA -> Encoder Table for IGRINSPreview).

    • Offset box positions for offset guide stars if you plan to guide off slit during observing (found using IGRINS Observing PlannerPreview).

    • Offsets to nearby bright stars to check telescope pointing in faint or crowded fields (need to add to Kyle's code the option to give a small list of offset stars)

    • A list of nearby A0V standard stars: You can use either our A0V star TCS worklistsPreview (already uploaded to TCS for observers to use) or the IRTF Locator for Nearby A0V and G2V Stars: choose either MMT (31ºN, 110ºW)  or APO (32ºN, 105ºW).

    • A list of targets to observe with priority and exposure times calculated for your required SNR (see SNR Estimates and Guidelines at McDonaldPreview).

    • Airmass Charts for all targets to help plan observations. We recommend using STARALT (keep in mind this tool does not account for daylight savings time--during daylight savings all airmasses will occur 1 hour later than the appear on the chart).

    • Worklists (see WorklistsPreview) if you want to have all your object coordinates uploaded to TCS without having to hand type them all the time.

    • A book, a show, or work to do if the weather is bad.

    • Snack(s) of choice (the astronomer lodge feeds us well, but it can be nice to have a special snack during observing!)

    • Caffeine (if not a coffee or tea drinker)! The astronomer lodge provides coffee and tea and the observing room has a coffee maker and kettle.

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