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Telescope and Instrument Subsystems
Environmental+Meteorological_Conditions
Mount Hamilton Network
University of California, Santa Cruz

Procedures

APF Power Cycling Procedure
APF Emergency Cooling Procedure
APF Manual Mirror Cover Closure Procedure
APF Manual Shutter Closure Procedure
APF Trouble-shooting UCSC; Lick

Power Systems

Generator Room View.
Generator Monitor On-site; Off-site.
Information & Notes Power System Notes.
PG&E View/Report Outages PG&E (Useful search addresses: Copernicus Peak, 95127; 3777 Quimby Rd, 95140; San Antonio Valley Rd, 95127).
PG&E Outages Map PG&E PSPS .

Hazardous Conditions

CHP Dispatch (for hazardous road conditions) 707-641-8335
CalTrans Supervisor (Paul Ramirez) paul.ramirez@dot.ca.gov / 408-590-5551
County Roads and Airports: Dispatch 408-452-7134
County Roads and Airports: Control 408-299-2507
County Roads and Airports: Frits Johnson 408-966-5852
Current Highway Conditions (CalTrans) Current Highway Conditions
Road Closures (Routine Maintenance, scc.gov) Road Closures (Routine maintenance)

History

UCO/LICK General Operations

UCO/Lick (Mt Hamilton) Mt Hamilton
UCO (UCSC) UCO (UCSC)
UCO/Lick Business Office (LOBO) LOBO
Current Telescope Schedules (UCSC); (Local)
Current Telescope Schedules Current Telescope Schedules
Archived Telescope Schedules Archived Telescope Schedules
UCSC Remote Room Schedules UCSC Remote Room Schedules
Lick Telescope Proposals (Password Required) Lick Telescope Proposals
Shane Telescope Proposals (Password Required) Shane Telescope Proposals
Support Astronomers Schedule Support Astronomers Schedule
Visiting Astronomers Schedule Visiting Astronmers Schedule
Technicians and Telescope Activities Schedule Technicians and Telescope Activities Schedule
Ephemerides USNO; ESO
Check-Outs (Wiki) Check-outs
TOO Management Draft Interim Report; Draft override.access; Draft Executed Report
Support Checklist Support Checklist
Shane Beyond Limits Approvals (Wiki) Shane Beyond Limits Approvals
Data Repository (Password Protected) Data Repository
Archive Modifications (Password Protected) Archive Modifications
Archive Modifications (Example, Password Protected) Example Archive Modifications
Dewar Fill Status Dewar Fill Status
Problem Reporting System Problem Reporting
Problem Reporting System (mhtrouble) mhtrouble
UBVRI Photometric Standard Star Catalog (Landolt 1992) UBVRI_Photometric_Standard_Stars--Landolt_1992.txt
Washington Double Star Catalog (Mason et al. 2001) Washington_Double_Stars--Mason_et_al_2001.txt
0000--0559; 0600--1159; 1200--1759; 1800--2359.
Globular Clusters In The Milky Way (Harris 1996) Globular_Clusters_In_The_Milky_Way--Harris_1996.txt
Harvard Revised Star Catalog (Hoffleit et al. 1991) Harvard_Revised_Bright_Stars_5th_Revision--Hoffleit_et_al_1991.txt

Telescope and Instrument Subsystems

Shane: Satellite [7276]
Control: 8-0652 (Ops); 8-0651 (Obs); z / z / z
Enclosure: 8-4275; Status: Ops; Obs; Camera; Interior S-N; Interior E-W; Interior W-E; Exterior W-E.
Kast Reference Images:
Reference Image Reference Image Reference Image
Kast Blue Wavelength
Grism:452/3306
Exposure: 30.0 s
Source: He+Hg+Cd+HgA+Ne
Slit: 0.5 arcsec header
fits
Kast Blue Dome Flat
Grism: 452/3306
Exposure: 50.0 s
Source: Super Blue Dimmer, 25 %
Slit: 2.0 arcsec header
fits
Kast Blue Bias
0.0 s
header
fits
Reference Image Reference Image Reference Image
Kast Blue Wavelength
Grism:830/3460
Exposure: 150.0 s
Source: He+Hg+Cd+Ne
Slit: 0.5 arcsec header
fits
Kast Blue Dome Flat
Grism: 830/3460
Exposure: 30.0 s
Source: Super Blue Dimmer, 100 %
Slit: 4.0 arcsec header
fits
Kast Blue Bias
0.0 s
header
fits
Reference Image Reference Image Reference Image
Kast Blue Wavelength
Grism:600/4310
Exposure: 40.0 s
Source: He+Hg+Cd+Ne
Slit: 0.5 arcsec header
fits
Kast Blue Dome Flat
Grism: 600/4310
Exposure: 30.0 s
Source: Super Blue Dimmer, 25 %
Slit: 2.0 arcsec header
fits
Kast Blue Bias
0.0 s
header
fits
Reference Image Reference Image Reference Image
Kast Red Wavelength
Grating: 600/7500
Exposure: 3.0 s
Source: He+Hg+Cd+Ne
Slit: 0.5 arcsec header
fits
Kast Red Dome Flat
Grating: 600/7500
Exposure: 3.0 s
Source: Super Blue Dimmer, 25 %
Slit: 2.0 arcsec header
fits
Kast Red Bias
0.0 s
header
fits
Mount: Equatorial Fork.
Optics: M1 = 3.0 m / 120 in; f5.5, f/17, f35; Spherical.
History: 1959; Charles Donald Shane.
APF (Automated Planet Finder) Satellite [7207]
Control: 8-4270
Enclosure: Status; Camera
Instruments: Levy Spectrograph; DARTS
Mount: Altitude-Azimuth
Optics: M1 = 2.4 m / 94.5 in; f/15.
History: 2011; Ken & Gloria Levy.
Nickel Satellite [7240]
Control: 8-4274; z / z / z
Enclosure: 8-4274; Interior; Camera: Dome Floor; Camera: Dome Shutter; Cameras: Nickel, KAIT, Astrograph
CCDC2 Reference Images:
Reference Image Reference Image Reference Image Reference Image Reference Image Reference Image
B Sky Flat
3.0 s
header
fits
V Sky Flat
8.0 s
header
fits
R Sky Flat
3.0 s
header
fits
I Sky Flat
25.0 s
header
fits
Hα Sky Flat
X.0 s
header
fits
Bias
0.0 s
header
fits
Reference Image Reference Image Reference Image Reference Image Reference Image Reference Image
B Dome Flat
30.0 s
header
fits
V Dome Flat
3.5 s
header
fits
R Dome Flat
3.5 s
header
fits
I Dome Flat
3.0 s
header
fits
r' Dome Flat
3.0 s
header
fits
i' Dome Flat
3.0 s
header
fits
Nickel Andor Guider Parameters: Manual
Reference Image Reference Image Reference Image Reference Image
Start
2024-09-22
Default
2024-09-22
Good
2024-09-20
Good
2024-09-21
Eye:
Other (NIROSETI, POLISH):
Mount: Equatorial Yoke
Optics: M1 = 1.0 m / 40 in; f/17; Spherical.
History: 1979; Anna L. Nickel.
Refractor Satellite; Hallway [7240]
Control: 8-0656
Enclosure: 8-0656; Interior
Instruments: Eye
Mount: German Equatorial
Optics: 0.9 m / 36 in; f/19.3.
History: 1888; James Lick.
Crossley Satellite [7211]
Control: 8-4269.
Enclosure: 8-4269.
Instruments:
Mount: Equatorial Yoke.
Optics: 0.9 m / 36 in; f/5.8.
History: 1895; Edward Crossley.
KAIT (Katzmann Automatic Imaging Telescope) Satellite [7208]
Control: 8-4268
Enclosure: Camera: Dome Floor; Cameras: Nickel, KAIT, Astrograph
Instruments: CCD Direct Imager
Mount: Horseshoe
Optics: 0.76 m / 30 in; f/8.2.
History: 2000s; Jim Katzmann.
CAT (Coude Auxiliary Telescope) Satellite [7276]
Control: 8-0653
Enclosure:
Instruments: Hamilton
Mount: Fork
Optics: M1 = 0.6 m / 24 in; f/36.
History: 1960s.
Carnegie Astrograph Satellite [7215]
Control: 8-4270
Enclosure: Camera: Dome shutter; Cameras: Nickel, KAIT, Astrograph
Instruments: PanOSETI
Mount: German Equatorial
Optics: 0.5 m / 20 in; f/7.4.
History: 1941-1962; Andrew Carnegie foundation.
Network Hardware
Devices
Network Software
VNC
Remote Observing
Facilities
Future Facilities
Non-PolyCom video (e.g. Skype).

Environmental and Meteorological Conditions

Mt Hamilton Surveillance (password required) Local (12); Local (20);
Mt Hamilton Surveillance Experimental; 12; 12
ALERT California Cameras Patrol
ALERT Wildfire Cameras Patrol
ALERT Wildfire Cameras Stare
Mt Hamilton Astroclimate: GOES Satellite Imagery GOES Satellite Imagery
Mt Hamilton Astroclimate: Real Time Data (1.0 m Nickel) Real Time (1.0 m Nickel)
Mt Hamilton Astroclimate: Real Time Sky Camera 1 Sky Camera 1
Mt Hamilton Astroclimate: Real Time Sky Camera 2 Sky Camera 2
Mt Hamilton Astroclimate: Camera 2 Hamilton Camera 2
Mt Hamilton Astroclimate: Camera 1 Hamilton Camera 1
Consolidated Enclosure Internal Cameras Consolidated Cameras
Astrograph/PanOSETI Camera Astrograph/PanOSETI Camera
Current Lunar Phase Moon
Current Solar Image Sun
Latest Earthquakes (USGS) Recent Earthquakes
Lightning Saratoga Weather; Lightning Maps
Wildfire cameras with Azimuthal Bearings (password required) Main; N (Az: 310--052); NE (Az: 057--084); SE (Az: 112--183); SW (Az: 173--262); W (Az: 258--319) North Slope (test);
ALERT Wildfire Cameras (password required) Local
Fires in CA (CalFire) Recent Fire Incdents
Smoke Models (RAP) Smoke Models
Firesmoke forecast Firesmoke Forecast
Wind Windy
Air Quality (EPA) AirNow
Air Quality (Mount Hamilton) Air Now
Air Quality (Purple Air) Purple Air
Air Quality (NOAA) Forecast
Air Quality (Clarity) Clarity
Live Flight Tracking (KSFO) FlightAware; FlightRadar24
Oakland Center ZOA (live stream) Oakland Center ZOA
Space Track (USAF) www.space-track.org
Rocket Launches: Spaceflight Now Worldwide Launch Schedule
Rocket Launches: Vandenberg Air Force Base Vandenberg AF Base Launch Schedule
Mt Hamilton Astroclimate: 7-Day Forecast (NOAA/National Weather Service) 7-Day Weather Forecast
Mt Hamilton Astroclimate: Zone Forecast, East Bay Hills and Diablo Range above 1000 ft (NOAA/National Weather Service) Zone Forecast, East Bay Hills and Diablo Range above 1000 ft
Mt Hamilton Astroclimate: San Francisco/Monterey Bay Area (Weather Underground) Radar Maps, San Francisco Bay Area
Mt Hamilton Astroclimate: San Francisco/Monterey Bay Area (NOAA/National Weather Service) Zone Forecast, San Francisco/Monterey Bay Area
US West Coast: IR Satellite Image (4 km Resolution) Still Image   /   Animation
US West Coast: Visible Satellite Image (4 km Resolution) Still Image   /   Animation
US West Coast: Water Vapour Satellite Image (4km Resolution) Still Image   /   Animation
US West Coast: Visible Satellite Image (1km Resolution) Still Image
Zoom Earth Satellite Imaging Zoom Earth
Sentinel Satellite Imaging Sentinel Hub
2016 Weather Summary (apfweather) Weather Summary
2016 Weather Summary (dias) Weather Summary
Tabular Weather Summary (dias) Tabular Summary
Weather Summary (dias) Weather Summary
APF Particles (apfweather) APF Particles
APF Weather (apfweather) APF Weather
Shane Particles (homer) Shane Particles
Astrograph PM2.5 AQI (Purple Air) Astrograph AQI
Davis 3-m (homer) Davis 3-m
Davis 40-in (meteor) Davis 40-in
All-sky Camera (homer) All-sky
Lecture Hall Lights Lightcloud

UCO/Lick Mount Hamilton Network

Mount Hamilton Traffic https://statseeker.ucsc.edu/
Printer: L&M http://claser.ucolick.org
Printer: Shane http://xer-120.ucolick.org

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This document last updated (UTC): Monday 23 September 2024