DES Operations¶
This wiki provides information, instructions and manuals for DES operations.
Policy on Skyflats (Never Do Them)¶
Information for Observers¶
- Introduction to DECam
- CTIO DECam User Guide
- Troubleshooting
- SISPI Operations (User and GUI accounts)
- Expert Call List
- Emergency Cell Phone
- Skype (and Zoom)
- CTIO Telops Staff gallery
- ScriptsEditor Manual
- Focal Plane Numbering Schemes
- Telemetry Viewer Users Guide
- Explanation of SISPI Telemetry GUI Plots
- Introduction to kentools
- Introduction to godb
- Introduction to pointing
- Quick Reduce
- DES SN Field Locations
- DES SN Field Charts
- Guider Manual
- Telescope Horizon Limits
- Using AOS (Adaptive Optics System)
- Comfort Display
- Looking for occluded donuts
- Bragging rights (i.e., seeing records, etc.)
- Tips from DES Observers
- Practical hints for DES observers
- 4 o'clock meeting
Standard Observing Procedures¶
- Overview of Daily Playbook (Everybody Read this first)
- Observer1: SISPI Driver
- Observer Setup Guide
- Afternoon Checklist (Dome Closed)
- Start of Observing Checklist (Dome Open)
- Using obstac
- GPS Monitor Task 10 minutes after 00:00 UTC
- aTmCam Check (after enabling ObsTac for the night)
- GPS Monitor Task 15 minutes after Midnight local time
- End of Night Checklist (End of Half-Night Checklist)
- Observer2: data, data quality, and watching the survey go
Current Configuration, Constants and Calibration Scripts¶
Some Instructions for DES SV Shifters can be found at links listed here.
- Current Configuration, Constants and Calibration Scripts
- Wind Blinds
- Standard Stars
- Standard DES Scripts
- Telescope Zeropoint Procedures
DECam Electronic Log Book and Night Summaries¶
- DECam ELog is visible at CTIO, FNAL, or with (CTIO) VPN
- How to access the ELog from your home or university
- Instruction for using the ELog
- View DES Night Summaries
- Introduction to the DES Night Summaries including how to generate them
- Generate CTIO Night Summary
- CTIO Night Summary Calendar
- Insert Data Quality results into database
- Telemetry Information
Log of Configuration Changes¶
Dates of changes to telescope, camera, procedures, and software.
DES Shift Schedule¶
- SV Observing
- Zeroth Season
- First Season
- Second Season
- Third Season
- Fourth Season
- Fifth Season
- Sixth Season
RASICAM, aTmCam, Tololo Environmental Data and Weather¶
- RASICAM Information
- RASICAM Nightly Movies on YouTube
- aTmCam Information
- Tololo Site Environmental Web Page
- Chile Weather Model (new)
- Weather Predictions for CTIO hour-by-hour
- Weather Prediction from CalSky
- Cerro Tololo Allsky Camera
- Satellite Weather Maps
- GPS Monitor
- Tololo Sky Conditions
- Most Recent IR Weather Map
- La Serena Weather Forecast
- Overlapping List
- CTIO Webcams Inside and Outside
Information for Experts and Run Managers¶
- SISPI Daily News
- DECam Daily News (January 25, 2015) - includes some troubleshooting hints
- SISPI Expert Guide
- SISPI Operations (User and GUI accounts, Start up and Operations)
- SISPI Database Guide
- How to query the SISPI Database
- SISPI ICS Alarms and Telemetry Guide
- Restarting the ICS Telemetry Scripts
- Restarting QuickReduce
- AOS for experts
- Rebooting the Computers
- Recreating the SISPI dropdown in the menu bar on Observer1
- Contributed Scripts
- TOO Usage
- Y6 Survey Strategy Development Notes
- Y6 bad-weather programs:
Some Off-Mountain Operations-Related Working Pages¶
Archive of obsolete pages¶
- Using GuiderPlots and Navigation the navigation plot lets you see what obstac is doing tonight