Park the Telescope¶
Overview¶
Parking the telescope can be done by auxtel/shutdown.py
. However, if the shutdown
script is not working, you can slew the telescope manually via ScriptQueue, notebook, or button in the AuxTel. See more details on the Shutdown procedure section.
Prerequisites¶
Before parking the telescope, any scheduler or script shoud be stopped properly. If the scheduler needs to stop, run auxtel/scheduler/stop.py
on the ScriptQueue.
Post-Condition¶
The parking position for
AuxTel dome: az=285.0 deg.
: After parking the dome, dome following also needs to be disabled.
Auxiliary Telescope: El = 80 deg, Az = 0.0 deg, rot = 0.0 deg.
: Tracking should be stopped.
Procedure Steps¶
This paragraph describes some general guidance for this procedure. This paragraph is optional depending on its usefulness and the complexity of the procedure.
Troubleshooting¶
Contact Personnel¶
This procedure was last modified Jun 03, 2023.
This procedure was written by Yijung Kang. The following are contributors: Alysha Shugart, Karla Aubel.