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Getting Started With Observing

During the day you should take some calibration data (darks and flats) and in the process of doing this you can verify that the instrument is working properly. We would suggest the following steps:

Finally, during the day we would strongly suggest that you write or learn how to use the TCL scripts you will want to use during the night. During twilight you can finish the preparation of the instrument for observing. We would suggest the following steps:

Finally, to obtain data for an object you may follow the following procedure:


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robert blum x297
1998-04-25