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Contents
Period 39
AiC Report to the NOT Council and STC
51
STC meeting, November 26, 2009
&
56
Council meeting, November 27, 2009
Thomas Augusteijn, Astronomer in Charge,
NOT, Santa Cruz de la Palma
November 23, 2009
Contents
Introduction
Down Time
Weather
General overview
Main problems
Instrument use
Comments recorded in End-Of-Night & End-Of-Run reports
Operations
Additional services
Educational activities
Service observing
``Fast-Track'' Service Program
Building
Safety
Drive System
Clean room
Phones
Telescope
Telescope control system
Safety
Aluminisation
Top unit
Amplifiers
Adapter
Guide star acquisition
Observing system
Sequencer commands
Switching instruments
Remote observing
Observing instructions
New detector controller and data acquisition system
Exposure time calculator
Post-processing and data display
Virtual Observatory
Observing descriptions & FITS header
Data archiving
Quality control
Detectors
CryoTigers
Instruments
ALFOSC
Imaging
Filters
Spectroscopy
Polarimetry
NOTCam
Observing system
Imaging
Spectroscopy
Polarimetry
Detector
Observing overheads
Vacuum & Cooling
Quality control
Reduction software
FIES
Instrument
FIES building
Observing system
Exposure meter
Data and Target acquisition
Quality control
Reduction software
Detector
Atmospheric dispersion corrector
Documentation
MOSCA
Data acquisition
Detector
StanCam
SOFIN
TurPol
Instrument
Data acquisition
Target acquisition
Documentation
Standby Camera and Spectrograph
Computers and software
Computer cabinet
General computer system
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Thomas Augusteijn 2010-02-09