SAAO - Electronics Department

On-line Services

• SAAO Portal
• Hosted Facilities Time Logging Tool
• Sibonise dashboard

Procedures

• iThemba Labs:  LN2 Collection forms and procedure
• SOP - Daily Rounds
• On-line checklists:  See explanation
• 1.0m Daily rounds checklist responses
• 1.9m Daily rounds checklist responses
• IRSF Daily Rounds checklist responses
• IRSF Telescope Remote observation checklist responses
• Lesedi Daily Rounds & Remote Observation Checklist
• Lesedi Daily Rounds & Remote Observation Checklist responses
  
• SOP - 40-inch: Preparing for Remote Observing
• 1.0m Telescope Remote observation Checklist responses
• SOP - 74-inch:  Preparing for Remote Observing
• 1.9m Telescope Remote observation Checklist responses
• SOP - SpUpNIC covers - removal & replacement
  
• SOP - IRSF: Preparing for Remote Observing
• IRSF SIRIUS Polarizer Changeover Procedure
• SIRPOL On
• SIRPOL Off
• SOP - Vacuum Pumping of Instruments
  
• KMTNet CCD Camera Vacuum Pump-down Procedure
• LCO Monthly Air Filter Maintenance
• GFZ Chiller Units Changeover

Instrument Changes

Instrument Change Notes  (Update Procedure)
Instrument ON	Instrument OFF	Extras
Lesedi SHOC ON	Lesedi SHOC OFF
40-inch STE3_STE4 ON	40-inch STE3_STE4 OFF
40-inch SHOC ON	40-inch SHOC OFF	SHOC Block Diagram
74-inch SpUpNIC ON	74-inch SpUpNIC OFF
74-inch STE3_STE4 ON	74-inch STE3_STE4 OFF
74-inch HIPPO ON	74-inch HIPPO OFF
74-inch SHOC ON	74-inch SHOC OFF	SHOC Block Diagram




Operational Information

• 40-inch Related:
• 40 inch Telescope Operations Technical Note
• Z-test on 40-inch - for testing/adjusting Merlin transputer comms
• 74-inch Related:
• 74 inch Telescope Operations Technical Note
• 74-inch Instrument Rotation Operating Manual
• 74-inch Dome Shutters Technical Manual
• 74-inch Dome Slip-rings Dolly
  
• SHOC Related:
• SHOC Camera Documentation
• Link to SHOC Wiki
• HiPPo Related:
• HiPPo User Manual
  
• IRSF Related:
• IRSF Manual - Version 1.G
• SIRIUS Temperature Plots
• SIRIUS Detectors: Faultfinding Procedures
• IRSF Remote Observing Manual (from Cape Town) by Kumiko
• IRSF Observing Rota
• Cryostat LN2 boil-off rate measurements
• KELT Roof controller, Flat field illumination Documentation
• LABVIEW Dianostic Programs
• ACT (APT) Controller
• CCD Filter Wheels
• DIMM Seeing monitor (Ox-Wagon) Roof Controller
• HiPPO Controller
• KELT Dome Controller
• SALTICAM Subsystems Controller
• SpUpNIC Controller
• Sumi-Hut Roof Controller
• SuperWasp Roof Controller

Administration

• Sutherland Standby Rota
• Electronics Standby Rota - 6 March 2024 to 8 May 2024
• Electronics Standby Rota - 8 May 2024 to 17 July 2024
• Electronics Standby Rota - 10 July 2024 to 11 September 2024
• Ramotholo's Standby Google Doc
• Filter Rota
• Term 3, 2019
• Term 1, 2020
• Forms, etc.
• Old Standby & Overtime form
• New Standby & Overtime form
• S&T Forms
• PDF Version
• DOCX - link to Admin Page (only works on Firefox)
  
• Current S&T and Standby Rates
• SAAO - RFQ Template

Pictures

• Mugshots
• STE Cryostats
• SITe Cryostat
• CCD-Lab
• DandiCam
• APT
• GFZ
• IRSF