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Remote PI guide
GUIDE
FOR REMOTE PIs and PCs
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Remote Principal Investigators are those who, having applied for UKIRT
time, have been awarded telescope time but not summit occupancy. Remote
PCs are "Principal Contacts" who
may
be designated by the PI to oversee the preparation and execution of the
programme, or receive emails on it (while, for example, the PI is
away).
Prepared observations become part of the UKIRT queue and are executed
as
and when conditions at the summit, and the science priority assigned to
the proposal, permit. This document lists, step-by-step, the procedures
which
Remote PIs should use to specify their observations, and retrieve any
resulting
data. It is assumed that you are familiar with the instrument
capabilities,
locations of the instrument pages etc., and have read the relevant
parts
of the UKIRT documentation set. For reference, the full documentation
list
is linked to at the top of the table below.
Get a project password
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Follow the link on the left, and once there
click on "Issue a new password". On the OMP password request page, just
enter
your project id (u/yys/nn). A password will be emailed to you. This
only
takes a few minutes. Note: if your project has a
reference
number below 10, leading zeroes are not required.
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Designate
other
Contacts if necessary
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Go to the link on the left and enter the project ID and password to
access the Project home page. Click on the "envelope" symbol next to
the observer who you wish to also receive email on the project, then
tick their box
in the resulting list. Click "Update" to complete the process. Then
reissue a password; it will be mailed to both you and the new contact.
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Get
the OT
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How to get and install the UKIRT observing
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Prepare
and submit MSBs
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This page is the main document for observation preparation. It includes
links to instructions on how to prepare Minimum Schedulable Blocks
(MSBs) and submit them to the database. It also includes links to pages
likely to be useful (such as instrument pages) in preparing your MSBs.
Please take the time to read through these instructions, as they are
intended to help you create well documented and efficient observing
programmes. Note that further
instrument-specific information is given in the instrument pages.
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Finder
Charts
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For some observing modes (UIST spectroscopy in particular, or any
imaging project where you wish the observer to inspect a particular
object in the field) finder chart
material is critical to the success of the project. Please read the
instructions posted here for information on how to upload finder charts
for use at the summit.
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Monitor progress
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This page shows the various levels of the OMP
as they relate to a typical programme.
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Retrieve data
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How to get your flexed data. This page is also linked to from the
central table on the UKIRT home page.
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