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== Telescope software tasks == | == Telescope software tasks == | ||
* Install | * Install [http://www.thinkman.com/dimension4/download.htm Dimension 4 software] to improve clock accuracy on observatory PC. See [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010arXiv1005.4415E Eastman et al. 2010] for more details on precise timekeeping. | ||
* Install [http://www.dartmouth.edu/~physics/faculty/skycalc/flyer.html JSkyCalc] on control room computer. ([http://www.astrobetter.com/jskycalc/ More info] on using it at [http://www.astrobetter.com AstroBetter].) | |||
** Edit local file to add our observatory coordinates as described [http://www.dartmouth.edu/~physics/faculty/skycalc/flyer.html here]. | |||
* Preparations for mapping run to improve the telescope pointing model. | * Preparations for mapping run to improve the telescope pointing model. | ||
** Download and install [http://www.aagware.eu/software.htm AAG TPointMapper] | |||
** Download and install USNO A2.0 catalog for eventual use for a mapping run | |||
== Improving telescope operations == | == Improving telescope operations == | ||
* Do a substantial (> 100 point) point run using AAG | * Do a substantial (> 100 point) point run using AAG | ||
Revision as of 02:34, 28 May 2010
Make a to-do list on the wiki.Completed 2010-05-27, EJ.
Telescope software tasks
- Install Dimension 4 software to improve clock accuracy on observatory PC. See Eastman et al. 2010 for more details on precise timekeeping.
- Install JSkyCalc on control room computer. (More info on using it at AstroBetter.)
- Edit local file to add our observatory coordinates as described here.
- Preparations for mapping run to improve the telescope pointing model.
- Download and install AAG TPointMapper
- Download and install USNO A2.0 catalog for eventual use for a mapping run
Improving telescope operations
- Do a substantial (> 100 point) point run using AAG
