Perkins Telescope Guides and Cookbooks

• Perkins Quick Start Guide
• Perkins Start-Up and Close-Down Checklists

NOTE: These pages are under construction as we migrate the information from the mesa to here. (BWT-09032014)

While these pages are under construction, there may be links that work under the internal network that do not from the outside world. If you need something please let me know and I will make it available to you.

This WIKI is meant to be a resource for observers, please feel free to create
an account for yourself and add or correct information to this series
of documents so we can all benefit.

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Instrument Guides

• PRISM Information and Guides for PRISM
  
  • PRISM Quick Start Guide
  • Observing scripts are on saturn at /hans/home/obs72/tcl.scripts
• Mimir Information and Guides for Mimir
  
  • Mimir Quick Start Guide
    • Observing scripts are on saturn at /mimir/home/obs72/tcl.new.mimir
  • Mimir Normal Procedures
    
    • Restarting Mimir Status Web Page
    • Restaring the MimirInst daemon
      • Modifying motor timing constants (DPC, only)
    • Restarting the Helium Compressor Shed Data Logger
    • Mimir Warm-up Procedures
    • Mimir Cooldown Procedures
  • Mimir Emergency Procedures - helium compressor, vacuum
    • First Responder's Manual
    • Second Responder's Manual
    • Helium Gas Top-Off Manual
• BU Instrument Calendars - Warning - Not Updated - Telescope and Instrument Calendars
• Primary Climate Control System (PCCS) - Mirror Tub Temperature Control

LUX - Mesa Home Web Pages

Links and Other Useful Information

Observer Information

• • Chalet Reservations - Current Lodging Reservation Web page

  • Reservation Queries - Check a Lodging Reservation

• • Current Problem Reports for the Perkins

  • Current Blog Post for the PerkinsPerkins

  •  Observer Certification - Current Certification Policy and Observer List

Telescope Information

• PerkinsWhatsNewPerkins Whats New - News for the Observers about new things at the telescope
• PerkinsWhatToDoWhat To Do If.... - A FAQ guide to hopefully solve most mundane issues

• Seeing Monitor - Documentation on how to startup and use the Seeing Monitor
• Mesa Lux Site - Internal Link, behind the firewall
  
• Perkins Main Check List - The Perkins opening and closing check list.
• Perkins Check List - West Group
• Perkins Quick Start Guide - The Perkins Quick Start Guide
  Karen Meech's Perkins Manual. - Word document that is large with lots of pictures.
• Perkins Power Distribution Unit (PDU) - LOIS Operations
• Move Manual - The Manual for the Telescope Move Program
• Perkins Control System Manual - Hardware Manual, not for the faint of heart.
• Guider Documentation Perkins and Hall only - The Manual for the Move Guider
  • Guider Set-Up Procedure - New Instruments - Start up and Initialization of the Guider after an instrument change
•  Perkins Weather Limits - Official Limits for Closing up the Telescope
• Instrument Balance Values - Balance Values for the Instruments

  Misc Information

  SystemInfo

• Temperature Sensor Location and List

• Instrument Overview Presented 2010 Partnership Meeting

Mesa Safety Sign In and Out Links

There are a series of forms that are available to sign in when you arrive at the telescope and to sign out when you leave. There is extra information that will be asked for in order to help track the status and health of the telescope.

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