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en:ost:telescope:kuppel [2015/06/12 13:23] – [Access to roof and dome] mludwig | en:ost:telescope:kuppel [2024/02/20 08:55] – [Inside the dome] rhainich | ||
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====== The Dome ====== | ====== The Dome ====== | ||
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===== Access to roof and dome ===== | ===== Access to roof and dome ===== | ||
**Important** | **Important** | ||
- | * The door to the roof can be opened with the appropriate key. | + | * The door to the roof can only be opened with the appropriate key. |
- | * The door must be closed | + | * The door has to be closed |
* Usually the door of the dome itself is locked, too. | * Usually the door of the dome itself is locked, too. | ||
- | * The door opens easier if it's slightly pushed | + | * The door opens easier if it's slightly pushed during the unlocking. |
* The doorway is lower than the average person' | * The doorway is lower than the average person' | ||
===== Inside the dome ===== | ===== Inside the dome ===== | ||
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**First steps:** | **First steps:** | ||
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* Just left to the door you can find the light switch (number 2 in the sketch). | * Just left to the door you can find the light switch (number 2 in the sketch). | ||
- | * The left button is for white light, the right one is for red light. | + | * The left button is for the white light, the right one is for the red light. |
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- | * the remote | + | **Dome control: |
- | * the sensor that receives the signal of the remote (see Figure) | + | |
- | * the emergency button (the red button) that disconnects the power supply of the dome | + | At the wall, next to the light switches there' |
+ | * the hand control of the dome (see lower right figure), | ||
+ | * the sensor that receives the signals from the remote | ||
+ | * the emergency button (the red button) that offers the possibility to disconnects | ||
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+ | The dome has an emergency closing function that automatically closes | ||
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+ | **Observatory Management System (OMS):** | ||
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+ | The Observatory Management System (OMS) is the large metallic box (number 5 in the sketch) right above the left desk in the dome. It is the main interface regarding the operation of the observatory. All components of the observatory are connected to the OMS and can be controlled from here. The central component of the OMS is an internal Windows 10 computer, which provides all necessary software and which can be accessed from any other computer. It allows the remote operation of the whole observatory. A detailed description of the OMS and its operation is documented ... . | ||
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+ | **Additional computer hardware: | ||
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+ | A laptop can be found on the desks at the left wall of the dome (left number 7 in the sketch). It can be connected to the OMS and used to operate the OMS. The laptop runs MS Windows 10 along with the software necessary for the operation of the instruments, | ||
- | **Computer setup:** | + | Of course, |
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- | At the left wall of the dome find a table (number 5 in the sketch) with the laptop on it. This computer can connect with the telescope | + | |
**Miscellaneous: | **Miscellaneous: | ||
- | The dome inventory | + | Furthermore, |
- | * a small treadle; | + | * two small steps |
- | * a movable | + | * a movable |
- | * a roll container (number | + | * a movable storage |
- | * equipment for the telescope, | + | * equipment for the telescope |
- | * manuals, | + | * eyepieces |
- | * tools. | + | * manuals |
+ | * tools | ||
- | Each observation (night) must be registered in the log book (either the real book or in the Wiki: [[en: | + | Each observation (night) must be registered in the [[en: |
===== Problems and their solution ===== | ===== Problems and their solution ===== | ||
- | A number of solutions of (well-) known problems and mistakes | + | A number of solutions of (well-) known problems and issues |