Stellar department of the Astronomical Institute

Time allocation and journal

• Attendance (available just within intranet)
• Time allocation for 1.3 m telescope and G1, G2 pavilions
• Journal of observations (G1)
• Journal of observations (G2)
• Journal of observations (SP: Astelco 1.3m)
• Instrument maintenance and tests
• Instrument journals
• Archive of journals, etc.

Observing/grant projects

• Observing Campaigns
  • Project Dwarf - quest for circumbinary planets (local page)
• Grant projects
  • AI SAS grants
• Device funding
  • Skalnaté Pleso
  • G1 and G2 pavilions

Meetings

• Stellar department meetings: minutes, minutes-archives
• Instrumental group meetings minutes
• Presentations

Instruments, Observations, Manuals

General

• Instructions for observers with the 1.3 m Astelco telescope at Skalnaté Pleso
• Instructions for observers in pavilions G 1 and G 2
• Long-term tasks and responsibility
• Observer's declaration

Observatories

• Skalnaté Pleso agenda
• Skalnaté Pleso ToDo (tasks & schedule)
• G1, G2 ToDo (tasks & schedule)

Telescopes

• Astelco 1.3m telescope at Skalnaté Pleso manual
• Focus (G1, G2)
• Backfocus of the Zeiss 600/7500 telescopes
• Coordinate offsets G1, G2

Echelle spectroscopy with eShel

• Reduction of echelle spectra in IRAF
• Annotated orders and ThAr identification
• Marked apertures
• Orientation of the echelle spectrum with Atik 460EX CCD
• Orientation of the FIGU in the Cassegrain focus of the 600mm telescope
• eShel fiber position

Echelle spectroscopy with MUSICOS

• Annotated orders and ThAr identification
• Marked blue apertures
• Marked red apertures

CCD photometry

• Reduction of CCD photometry in IRAF
• Catalogue of objects/fields
• DSS fields
• FLI ML3041 CCD camera at G2
  • Orientation in the Cassegrain focus of the 600mm telescope
• Transformation to the international UBVRI Johnson system

Other instruments

• Dome cameras (available just within intranet)
• All-sky cameras:
  • Stará Lesná
  • Skalnaté Pleso
• Collimators: collimation eyepiece, laser collimator
• Sensors for temperature (T), humidity (H), pressure (P):
  • SP spectrograph [113]: T H P
  • SP vacuum chamber [140]: T H P
  • SP big dome [125]: T H P
  • SP M1 (primary mirror) and BD (BigDome) [125]: T
  • SP balcony: T H P
  • SL G1 spectrograph [202]: T H P
  • SL G1 dome [201]: T H P
  • SL G2 dome [301]: T H P
  • SL roof: T H P
• AAG cloud sensors:
  • Skalnaté Pleso roof
  • Stará Lesná roof
• Dust sensors (PM_1.0, PM_2.5, PM_4.0, PM_10.0), temperature (T), humidity (H), pressure (P):
  • Skalnaté Pleso balcony: PMs, T, H, P
  • Stará Lesná roof: PMs, T, H, P
• Photoelectric photometry
  • Instrument description/manual
  • Data archive
  • Charts of the observed fields
  • Diaphragm diameters
  • Data archiving rules
  • GPS Receiver
  • Observing proposals
• Microdensitometer Zeiss

Mirror coating facilities

• Skalnaté Pleso 2014 photodocumentation
• Skalnaté Pleso chamber notes
• Skalnaté Pleso chamber miscellaneous documents
• Skalnaté Pleso 2008 photodocumentation
• Stará Lesná chamber notes

Useful information

• Miscellaneous photodocumentation
• Twilight plot
• Sundial at Skalnaté Pleso
• Catalogue of optical parts

External links

• On-line astrometry
• Gemini telluric standards
• Geneva RV standards

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