FLWO 1.2m (48") TELESCOPE

• The Telescope

• KeplerCam
• Telescope Control System (GUI)
• Telshell (xterm commands)
• Robot commands
• EMERGENCY RECOVERY from Robot or telescope systems failures
• Guider

• TELESCOPE UPGRADES

  • Automation Project
  • Primary Mirror Replacement Project
  
  
• View the FLWO Changelog (staff may add to it at this link)
• Mirror & Ambient Temperatures  
• GOES SW day/night / GOES SW W vapor / NOAA-NWS IR loops/Forecast: Text / graphics
• Ridge Weather
• Summit Weather
• OTHER weather links
• MMT skycam
• Ridge skycam (active only at night)
• FLWO ALL cams

• Remote Observing
• Guide for New Observers
• Guidelines to swap assigned nights
• Propose Observations (access restricted to CfA)
• Dome Camera view

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  DAILY REQUIREMENT:

  OBSERVING LOGS: SUBMIT HERE at the end of EACH night regardless of weather conditions (staff need and read these daily)
  NOTE: YOU MUST USE VNC IF NOT SUBMITTING FROM A CfA COMPUTER.

  FILL Dewars: INSTRUCTIONS
  

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• Automatic Electronic Data Log Sheets
• Archive of Observing Logs
• Almanacs (from MMT site)

• WHOM TO CALL FOR HELP
• Emergency *FIRE* Checklist

• 1.5m page
• MEarth page
• SAO Telescope Users Guide
• FLWO Main Site
• Local telescope schedules
• 1.2m Gallery

  Home Page of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA)