| GENERAL DOCUMENTATION and ARCHIVING |
The NOT FAQ page |
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about observing at the NOT |
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Sequencer Reference Manual |
A description of all available Sequencer commands and scripts |
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Overheads at the NOT |
Table of typical overheads for different operations at the telescope |
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Data retrieval |
Instructions on how to download your data from NOT's data server |
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FITS Header Archive |
Search through our FITS header archive |
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NOT Telemetry Archive |
Download nightly telemetry datasets such as FIES exposure meter counts |
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| OBSERVING SCRIPTS |
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The NOT OB Generator |
Create observing blocks to be executed at the telescope |
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Pointing Script Generator |
Create and upload telescope pointing scripts with finding charts. |
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Observing Overhead Calculator |
Estimate overheads for specific observations |
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| EPHEMERIDS and VISIBILITY |
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Solar System Body Ephemeridis Data |
Calculate ephemerides for solar-system bodies (External link, JPL. La Palma observatory code is 950) |
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Almanac Data |
Calculate almanac data for Roque de los Muchachos and other sites for any date. (External link, ING) |
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Visibility Plots |
Show the observability of objects for a particular night, over a year, or find optimal observing dates.
(Length of night) |
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Visplot |
New visibility plot tool that allows automatic, nearly-optimal scheduling of an entire observing night. |
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| NIGHT-TIME ON-LINE MONITORING |
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Live Observing Log |
View the observing log for the current night online |
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Guide Stars |
Search the guidestar server for suitable guide stars |
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Signal-to-Noise Calculator |
Calculate expected Signal-to-noise ratios for a range of instruments |
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Laser Traffic Control System |
See if the ING laser beam will interfere with your observations. (External link, ING) |
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| TARGET-, STANDARD-STAR CATALOGES and FINDING CHARTS |
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Source Catalogue |
Create a source catalogue to be used at the NOT |
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The NOT blank fields |
Catalogue of blank fields for twilight flats |
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The NOT focus fields |
Catalogues of suitable focus fields for focussing the telescope |
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The NOT standard star catalogues page |
Informs about available standard star catalogues and how to use them |
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Standard Star List |
Show visibility tables of Landolt, Spectrophotometric or Infrared standard fields, including finding charts. |
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MOS plate-design validator and plotter |
Tool to validate and plot ALFOSC Multi Object Spectroscopy plate designs. |
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DDS Search Engine |
Create finding charts from the Digitized Sky Survey Catalog (External link, ING). |
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Aladin |
Create a finding chart using Aladin |
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| NOT REPORTING |
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Submit a Fault Report |
If you encounter problems during your run, please let us know by submitting a
fault report |
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ToO/Mon Report |
If you make any observations for Target-of-Opportunity or Monitoring programs, please fill out the corresponding form |
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End-of-Night Report |
Please fill out this form at the end of every night |
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End-of-Run Report |
Please fill out this form at the end of the run |
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