KITT PEAK NATIONAL OBSERVATORY

Questions? Send mail to kpno@noao.edu

KPNO/NOAO is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), Inc. under cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation

KPNO and NSO User Handbook - December 1994

How to Get Observing Time

• Instruments Available for Scheduling
• Capability Scientists
• Recent Observers Lists
  • 2.1-m Telescope
  • 0.9-m Telescope
  • Coudé Feed Telescope
  • Burrell Schmidt Telescope
• New Strategy for Applying for Telescope Time
• Key Observing Projects
• Observing Proposal Forms
• The TAC Process
• TAC Members

What's Happening at KPNO?

• General public information
• Observing Schedules
• User Questionnaire Results

Checklist for Supporting a KPNO Observing Run

• Look over the KPNO and NSO User Handbook.
• Contact your Capability Scientist if you have any questions.
• Get a copy of the current ICE Manual.
• Send in any coordinate lists that may be needed for your observing run.
• Send in the Observing Run Preparation form for your run.
• Get any IRAF reduction manuals that are needed.
• Send in the Evaluation Form at the end of your run that is given to you on the mountain.

Documentation

• Instrument manuals available by FTP
• An Observer's Guide to Taking CCD Data with ICE
• Telescope Manuals
  • Direct Imaging Manual for Kitt Peak
  • 0.9m Telescope Users' Manual
  • Operations Manual for the Burrell Schmidt Telescope
  • Coudé Feed Help pages
  • Information about grating settings and detector coverage is presented for the Coudé Feed spectrograph with a CCD on Camera 5. A thorium comparison spectrum for the relevant wavelength interval is also available.
• IRAF documentation available by FTP
• Filter Library

FTP Archives

KPNO User's Committee

• Committee Members
• KPNO Users Committee Report

Weather Information

• Tucson weather forecast

Kitt Peak Observing Information

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NOAO

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Kitt Peak National Observatory, 950 N. Cherry Avenue, P.O. Box 26732, Tucson, AZ 85726, Phone: (520) 318-8000, Fax: (520) 318-8360, email: kpno@noao.edu

jbarnes@noao.edu, Last updated: 07 Apr 1995