Dark Energy Survey » DES Operations

h1. DES Operations

This wiki provides information, instructions and manuals for DES operations. 

h2. [[skyflatpolicy| Policy on Skyflats (*+Never+* Do Them)]]

h2. Information for Observers

* "Introduction to DECam (docDB access required)":http://des-docdb.fnal.gov:8080/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=6311

* "CTIO DECam User Guide":http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/DECam-User-Guide 

* [[TroubleshootingForObservers|Troubleshooting]]

* [[SISPIOps| SISPI Operations (User and GUI accounts)]]

* "Expert Call List":https://cdcvs.fnal.gov/redmine/attachments/download/20111/DECamSubSystemExpertsV1.2.pdf

** [[Emergency Cell Phone]]

** [[Skype]] (and Zoom)

* "CTIO Telops Staff gallery":http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/staff-list?field_dept_tid=104

* "ScriptsEditor Manual":https://cdcvs.fnal.gov/redmine/attachments/download/16897/SciptsEditorDocumentation.pdf

* [[FocalPlaneNumbers|Focal Plane Numbering Schemes]]

** "Focal Plane Layout and CCD Numbers":https://cdcvs.fnal.gov/redmine/attachments/download/7805/DECamOrientation.png

** "CCDs in the Imager (docDB access required)":http://des-docdb.fnal.gov:8080/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=5998

* [[Telemetry Viewer Users Guide]]

* "Explanation of SISPI Telemetry GUI Plots":http://des-docdb.fnal.gov:8080/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=6704

* [[Introduction to kentools]]

* [[Introduction to godb]]

* [[Introduction to pointing]]

* Quick Reduce

** "QuickReduce Live":http://quick1.ctio.noao.edu:8080

** "QR Description and Startup":https://cdcvs.fnal.gov/redmine/projects/des-sci-verification/wiki/Qr

* "DES SN Field Locations":https://cdcvs.fnal.gov/redmine/projects/des-sn/wiki/Fields_Selection

* [[SNFindingCharts| DES SN Field Charts ]]

* "Guider Manual":https://cdcvs.fnal.gov/redmine/attachments/download/7818/DESGuider_manual_v2.2.pdf

* "Telescope Horizon Limits":http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/Horizon-Limits

* [[Using AOS (Adaptive Optics System)]]

* [[ComfortDisplay|Comfort Display]]

* [[Looking for occluded donuts]]

* [[Bragging rights (i.e., seeing records, etc.)]]

* [[Tips from DES Observers]]

* [[Practical hints for DES observers]]

* [[4pm meeting | 4 o'clock meeting]]

h2. Standard Observing Procedures

* [[Overview of Daily Playbook]] (*Everybody Read this first*)

* Observer1: SISPI Driver

** [[ObserverSetup|Observer Setup Guide]]

** [[Afternoon Checklist (Dome Closed)]]

** [[Start of Observing Checklist (Dome Open)]]

** [[Using obstac]]

** [[GPSMonitor|GPS Monitor Task 10 minutes after 00:00 UTC]]

** [[ATmCamInfo|aTmCam Check (after enabling ObsTac for the night)]]

** [[GPSMonitor|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

** [[Suggested AstroChair window setup|Observer2 Setup Guide]]

** [[Observer2 Daily Checklist]] 

** [[Data Quality Operations|Observer2's guide to "why?"]]

** [[End of Night Checklist]]

** For experts:

*** "How to query the Quick Reduce Database":https://cdcvs.fnal.gov/redmine/projects/des-sci-verification/wiki/Qr#Querying-QR-database

**** [[Query all data]]

**** [[All main survey data]]

*** "Working with the SISPI database":http://home.fnal.gov/~neilsen/notebook/DES/SISPI_database/SISPI_database.html

*** [[DQ Assessments| How to Check DQ Assessments from within DESDM operations database (from R. Gruendl)]]

*** [[When were the SN fields last observed?]]

*** [[Active Optics| What does the active optics monitoring describe?]]

* Run Manager

** "The run manager job description":https://cdcvs.fnal.gov/redmine/projects/des-sci-verification/wiki/Rmjob

** "Run Manager Tools and Quick Links"://cdcvs.fnal.gov/redmine/projects/desops/wiki/Run_Manager_Tools_and_Quick_Links

** [[Daily check list]]

h2. [[sispiConfiguration|Current Configuration, Constants and Calibration Scripts]]

Some Instructions for DES SV Shifters can be found at links listed here.

* [[SispiConfiguration|Current Configuration, Constants and Calibration Scripts]]

* [[Windscreens|Wind Blinds]]

* [[Standard_Star_Instructions|Standard Stars]]

* [[StandardScripts|Standard DES Scripts]]

* [[Zeropoints|Telescope Zeropoint Procedures]]

* [[Special u-Band SN field observations]]

h2. DECam Electronic Log Book and Night Summaries

* "DECam ELog is visible at CTIO, FNAL, or with (CTIO) VPN ":http://system1.ctio.noao.edu:8080/ECL/decam/E/index

* "How to access the ELog from your home or university":https://cdcvs.fnal.gov/redmine/projects/des-sci-verification/wiki/Setup_A_FNAL_IP_Address

* "Instruction for using the ELog (docDB access required)":http://des-docdb.fnal.gov:8080/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=6311

* "View DES Night Summaries":https://des-ops.fnal.gov:8082/nightsum/nightsum.html

* "Introduction to the DES Night Summaries including how to generate them":https://cdcvs.fnal.gov/redmine/projects/desops/wiki/Introduction_to_the_nightsum

* [[CTIONightsum|Generate CTIO Night Summary]] 

* "CTIO Night Summary Calendar":http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/calendar-node-field-nr-date

* "Insert Data Quality results into database":https://cdcvs.fnal.gov/redmine/projects/desops/wiki/DM_into_Database

* "Telemetry Information":https://des-ops.fnal.gov:8082/

h2. [[Log of Configuration Changes]]

Dates of changes to telescope, camera, procedures, and software.

h2. DES Shift Schedule

* [[DESObservers|Scheduling]]

* "SV Observing"://cdcvs.fnal.gov/redmine/projects/des-sci-verification/wiki/SVSchedule

* [[DESShiftsYr1|Zeroth Season]]

* [[DESShiftsYr2|First Season]]

* [[DESShiftsYr3|Second Season]]

* [[DESShiftsYr4|Third Season]]

* [[DESShiftsYr5|Fourth Season]]

* [[DESShiftsYr6|Fifth Season]]

* [[DESShiftsYr7|Sixth Season]]

h2. RASICAM, aTmCam, Tololo Environmental Data and Weather

* [[RasicamInfo|RASICAM Information]]

* "RASICAM Nightly Movies on YouTube":https://www.youtube.com/user/rasicam2?feature=watch

* [[aTmCamInfo|aTmCam Information]]

* "Tololo Site Environmental Web Page":http://139.229.115.231/web/tololo_frame.html

* [[ChileWeatherModel|Chile Weather Model (new)]]

* "Weather Predictions for CTIO hour-by-hour":http://www.yr.no/place/Chile/Coquimbo/Observatorio_Astron%C3%B3mico_Cerro_Tololo/hour_by_hour_detailed.html

* [[Calsky|Weather Prediction from CalSky]]

* "Cerro Tololo Allsky Camera":http://139.229.115.232/lastpic.php

* "Satellite Weather Maps":http://139.229.115.231/web/world_sat.php

* [[GPSMonitor|GPS Monitor]]

* "Tololo Sky Conditions":http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/sky-conditions

* "Most Recent IR Weather Map":http://www.ctio.noao.edu/sitetests/GOES/latest_ir4frame.gif

* "La Serena Weather Forecast":http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/85488.html

* "Overlapping List":https://cdcvs.fnal.gov/redmine/projects/des-sci-verification/wiki/Tololo_Weather_Links

* "CTIO Webcams Inside and Outside":http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/ctio-external-webcam

h2. Information for Experts and Run Managers

* [[sispiNews|SISPI Daily News]]

* [[decamNews|DECam Daily News (January 25, 2015) - includes some troubleshooting hints]]

* "SISPI Expert Guide":https://cdcvs.fnal.gov/redmine/projects/sispi/wiki/Expertguide

* [[SISPIOps| 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]]

* [[icstelemetry|Restarting the ICS Telemetry Scripts]]

* [[quickreduce|Restarting QuickReduce]]

* [[AOS for experts]]

* [[reboot|Rebooting the Computers]]

* [[obs1dropdown|Recreating the SISPI dropdown in the menu bar on Observer1]]

* [[scripts|Contributed Scripts]]

* [[TOO Usage]]

* "Y6 Survey Strategy Development Notes":https://cdcvs.fnal.gov/redmine/projects/dessurveystrategy/wiki/Y6_bad_seeing

* Y6 bad-weather programs:

** [[Y6 global photometry program]]

** [[Y6 reverberation mapping program]]

** [[Narrowband SN imaging program]]

h2. Some Off-Mountain Operations-Related Working Pages

* [[SACTF16]]

* [[Remote Observing]]

* [[Temporary Use]]

h2. Archive of obsolete pages

** [[Using GuiderPlots and Navigation]]  the navigation plot lets you see what obstac is doing tonight

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