Rubin Observatory Operations Documentation

• Observatory Operations consists of multiple levels of interactions and procedures (daytime, nighttime, maintenance, base, summit, NCSA etc)

Important

This documentation area is under heavy development and only in the very early stages of design. It should not be used nor consulted for a place of information at this time.

This area is subdivided into the following sections:

Daytime/Nighttime Interactions

• This area of contains information related to summit operations, specifically nighttime activities and the handoff to/from daytime personnel
• This also includes the mechanism to facilitate daytime work by the night crew (e.g. diagnose a re-occurring fault)

Observating Interface Setup

• Information on getting setup for observations - also tools etc

Operational Constraints

• Describes different physical and meteorogical factors that affect operation (e.g. opening/closing)

Operational Procedures

• Describes procedures related to regular night-time operations (e.g. opening/closing, troubleshooting)

• Operational Procedures
  • Emergencies
  • Auxiliary Telescope Procedures
  • Main Telescope Procedures
  • Control System Tutorials

Project Documentation Information

• Describes information regarding this documentation tree, including how to contribute.

• Project Documentation Information
  • Contributing to the docs
  • Implementation documentation
  • Documentation license