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Documentation Checklist
| UKIRT DOCUMENTATION -
Checklist for visiting observers |
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This is a checklist specifically intended for visiting observers as
they prepare to execute observations under the UKIRT flexible
scheduling process. It is not an exhaustive
documentation list; for that, see
the "User Documentation" link under the "Observing at UKIRT" page. It
is
assumed here that you are familiar with the flexible scheduling regime
and
that you have read the "required reading" listed on the above page.
Your
support scientist will take a variable amount of time in the following
reviews,
depending upon your familiarity with the systems concerned.
Before arriving in Hilo, you should be familiar with the following
(this will generally be the case because you will have submitted MSBs
to the database before arriving):
BEFORE ARRIVING IN HILO
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Observing tool startup and
basic windows
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Observing tool UKIRT science
libraries
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MSBs, inheritance and
administrative components such as site quality and scheduling
constraints
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Use of the position editor and
acquisition scenarios depending on your guide star and astrometry
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Documenting your program for
future observers
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Known bugs in the OT
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Before you leave Hilo to go to Hale Pohaku, you and your support
astronomer
should have reviewed at least the following:
BEFORE LEAVING FOR HP
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Flexing: general philosophy,
rules etc.
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The UKIRT flex queue: what may
come up during your run, brief programme descriptions.
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Query tool startup and conditions
specification
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Selecting and executing MSBs
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The Sequence Console; how to control it and
understand its contents (optional; some support scientists will do this
at
the summit)
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Data reduction pipeline, stopping,
starting, controlling frames to reduce, optional flags (optional; some
support scientists will do this at the summit)
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ompobslog for documenting the
observing night (please do this, particularly for observing from the
Queue; but also for your own programme, whose observations will end up
in the UKIRT archive).
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Accounting: properly accepting and
rejecting MSBs
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Project
tracking: the various OMP pages for tracking project status
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Before you go to the summit, you and your support astronomer should
have reviewed at least the following:
BEFORE GOING TO THE SUMMIT
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Safety: your
support astronomer will give you a briefing on summit safety, the
Hawaii no-smoking law etc.
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Once at the summit (and before observing begins) you should expect to
go over the following:
AT
THE SUMMIT
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Safety
walkaround: review of safety equipment locations, emergency exits
etc. (for recent or frequent visitors, recent changes still need
be covered; so inform your support scientist of the date of your most
recent visit).
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The Sequence Console: how to
control it and understand its contents
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Data reduction pipeline:
stopping, starting, controlling frames to reduce, optional flags
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Night
logging:
- array tests at start
- weather at sunset
- conditions and decision making in queue mode through the
night
- commenting accept/reject (especially reject)
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Most of the above areas are documented fully in the "Preparation and
Execution" and "Observing, logging and feedback" documentation
available
from the "Observing at UKIRT" page. The data reduction pipeline
is
documented in the "Online Data Reduction" document linked to from the
same
place.
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