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Telescope Training and Certification Procedure

Draft Version 2.0 

Background:

The complexity and variety of the current instrumentation at Anderson Mesa, combined with the greatly increasednumber of users, including students, necessitates a more formal procedure for observer training than has been the case in the past. At the same time, observer training needs to be done without putting an undue burden on any individuals or partner institutions. This memo seeks to regularize the procedure for training people to use the telescopes and instruments at Anderson Mesa. 

Goals:

  1. The primary goal is the safety and protection of the instruments, telescope and observers
  2. An additional goal is to ensure that an observing run results in usable and publishable data.

Training Procedure:

  1. A list of people qualified to train others in the use of each telescope and instrument will be maintained. For most instruments, the list will include representatives from each of the partner institutions.
  2. Any observer who is not certified for a particular telescope and instrument combination should contact the appropriate person on the list to arrange for training sessions and supervision at the telescope. This training should include helping the observer get the best science out of the instrument.
  3. Once the trainer is satisfied that the observer is sufficiently conversant with both the telescope and instrument, the observer will be added to a list of certified observers for that instrument and can use the instrument without further supervision.
  4. Because Mimir is a complex instrument with many operating modes, observers planning to use Mimir should contact Dan Clemens early in the planning stages of a project. Mimir observing requests will generally be reviewed for technical feasibility and possible scheduling complications.

List Of Certified Observers

PRISM

Certifiers

  • Ken Janes(BU)
  • Brian Taylor(BU)
  • Larry Wasserman(Lowell)

Certified

  • Amanda Bosh (MIT)
  • April Pinnick (BU)
  • Svetlana Jorstad (BU)
  • Andrew West (BU)
  • Dylan Morgan (BU)
  • Georgi Mandushev (Lowell)
  • Ivan Agudo (BU)
  • Manasvita Joshi (BU)
  • Paul Howell (BU)
  • Kim Hermann (Lowell)
  • Kathryn Neugent (Lowell)
  • Matthew Knight (Lowell)
  • Linda French (IWU)
  • Phil Massey (Lowell)
  • Len Bright (Lowell)
  • Will Grundy (Lowell)
  • Dan Clemens (BU)
  • Joshua Wing (BU)
  • Karen Meech (UH)

Mimir

Certifiers

  • Dan Clemens (BU)
  • Brian Taylor (BU)
  • Kevin Covey (Lowell)

Certified

  • Travis Barman (Lowell)
  • Katie Jameson (BU)
  • Svetlana Jorstad (BU)
  • Mike Pavel (BU)
  • April Pinnick (BU)
  • Hongxin Zhang (Lowell)
  • Lisa Prato (Lowell)
  • Deidre Hunter (Lowell)
  • Will Grundy (Lowell)
  • Kevin Covey(Lowell)
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