> Subject: new resources > Message-Id: <20061026112500.EC1F1245F0@galileo.apo.nmsu.edu> > Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 05:25:00 -0600 (MDT) > X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at astro.princeton.edu > X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.465 tagged_above=-999 required=3 tests=[AWL=0.134, > BAYES_00=-2.599] > X-Spam-Score: -2.465 > X-Spam-Level: > > Hello all, > > Two useful resources are now available on the web: a new > weather-status page, and a page of tips for best guiding results > (which will also be part of the help package in the next TUI > version). > > The weather status page is available at > http://www.apo.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/weather.py , or you can get there > from the APO home page by clicking on "Current Weather Summary" among > the 3.5m links. This page shows the temperature, humidity, wind, and > dust information that the observing specialists use to make many > opening/closing decisions. The data are updated every 30 seconds, > much faster than the graphs on the Current APO Weather Information > page. > > A new set of tips for using the guiders is available now at > http://www.apo.nmsu.edu/35m_operations/TUI/Guiding/GuidingUsersGuide.html > and will be included in the help package for future versions of TUI. > This is not a comprehensive usage instruction for the guiders > (available elsewhere in the TUI help), but it has guidance that will > help experienced users to get better results from the guiders. In > particular, DIS users who have fainter targets should check out the > Slitviewer -- Field Star Guiding section to learn how to make guiding > adjustments that won't be canceled out by the guiding software! > > I hope these resources will proves useful to our observers! > > Russet. APO APO APO APO APO Apache Point Observatory 3.5m APO APO APO APO APO This is message 992 in the apo35-general archive. You can find APO the archive on http://www.astro.princeton.edu/APO/apo35-general/INDEX.html APO To join/leave the list, send mail to apo35-request@astro.princeton.edu APO To post a message, mail it to apo35-general@astro.princeton.edu APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO