UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TELESCOPES AT MAUNA KEA OBSERVATORY USER MANUAL Fourth Edition, April 1996 Last modi®ed, June 1997 Contents 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 General : ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 1 1.2 About this Manual :: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 1 1.3 Observing TimeÐPolicy and Procedures : :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 1 1.3.1 Students and Assistants :: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 3 1.3.2 Information before Arrival : ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 3 1.3.3 Colloquia :: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 3 1.3.4 Reports to the Director ::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 3 1.3.5 Publications and Acknowledgments ::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 3 1.4 Newsletter :: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 4 1.5 Information for Visiting Observers : ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 4 1.5.1 Transportation from Hilo to Hale Pohaku and Mauna Kea Observatory :: :::: ::: :::: : 4 1.6 AccommodationÐThe Mid-level Facility, Hale Pohaku :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 8 1.6.1 Telephone Service : :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 8 1.6.2 Mail Service : ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 8 1.6.3 Library :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 8 2 VISITING OBSERVER EQUIPMENT 11 2.1 Packing Goods for Shipping :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 11 2.2 Transport ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 11 2.3 Access to Domes ::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 11 2.4 Customs Regulations for Observers from Foreign Countries :: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 12 2.4.1 Equipment Eligible for Customs Duty Exemption ::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 12 2.4.2 Equipment to be Consumed or to Remain in the United States :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 12 2.4.3 Returning Equipment to Country of Origin :: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 13 2.4.4 Additional Information ::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 13 3 WEATHER AND SITE QUALITIES 14 3.1 Weather ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 14 3.2 Cold-weather Gear :: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 14 3.3 Site Quality : :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 14 4 SUMMIT FACILITIES AT THE UH TELESCOPES 18 4.1 Computers :: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 18 4.2 Mechanical Shop ::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 19 4.3 Electronics Shop ::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 19 4.4 CCD/IR Dewar Lab : ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 19 4.5 Power at the Summit : ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 19 4.6 Living Facilities in the 2.2-m Building :: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 20 4.7 Loaned Facilities ::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 20 i 5 SUPPLIES 21 5.1 Dry Ice : ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 21 5.2 Liquid Nitrogen and Liquid Helium ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 21 5.3 Pumping and Transfer Tube Information : :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 21 6 TELESCOPES 22 6.1 61-cm (24-inch) Telescope : :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 22 6.2 2.2-m (88-inch) Re¯ector : :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 22 6.2.1 Telescope Control System : ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 25 6.2.2 Cassegrain Observing Platform : :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 25 6.2.3 Control Room ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 29 6.2.4 CoudÂe Focus : ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 29 6.2.5 Fiber-optic Audio-Video link :: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 29 7 INSTRUMENTATION 32 7.1 UH Telescope imaging scales and ®eld sizes ::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 32 7.2 2.2-m Cassegrain guider and instrument mount : ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 32 7.2.1 Instrument Rotator : :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 32 7.2.2 CCD guider : ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 34 7.2.3 Instrument mount bolt circle ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 34 7.3 tcsiÐuser object selection interface ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 35 7.3.1 Telescope Control System InterfaceÐtcsi ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 35 7.3.2 Starting tcsi : ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 35 7.3.3 tcsi windows : ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 35 7.4 f/10 secondary :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 38 7.5 f/31 secondary :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 39 7.5.1 f/31 hexapod and Physik Instrumente tip-tilt platform : ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 39 7.6 Focusing ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 41 7.6.1 Focus sensitivity to temperature : :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 41 7.6.2 Focus settings for common instruments : ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 41 7.6.3 Focusing the f/31 secondary mirror ::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 43 7.7 CCDs : ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 43 :: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 7.7.1 Tektronix 2048 2048 CCD 43 :: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 7.7.2 Orbit 2048 2048 CCD 44 :: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 7.7.3 Loral 2048 2048 CCD 44 :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 7.7.4 8192 8192 mosaic CCD camera 44 7.8 Filter Wheels and Filter Slide ::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 44 7.9 Optical/UV ®lters :: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 48 7.10 Infrared Cameras ::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 48 7.10.1 QUIRC :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 50 7.11 f/10 Faint Object Spectrograph (FOS) :: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 50 7.12 f/10 Wide Field Grism Spectrograph (WFGS) :: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 54 7.13 f/31 High Angular Resolution Imaging Spectrograph (HARIS) ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 54 7.13.1 HARIS schematic overview ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 55 7.13.2 Cameras, Collimators and Slits : :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 55 7.13.3 Gratings and Resolution :: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 55 7.13.4 Selecting Grating Tilt Angles :: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 58 7.14 f/31 JHK cross dispersed spectrographÐKSPEC ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 58 7.15 Optical Photometer and Photon-Counting System ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 60 7.16 2.2-m CoudÂe f/34 Spectrograph :: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 60 7.16.1 CoudÂe Slit Instrumentation : ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 60 ii 7.16.2 Comparison Sources :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 60 7.16.3 Filter Mounting :: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 60 7.16.4 CoudÂe Cameras :: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 60 7.16.5 CoudÂe Gratings :: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 61 7.16.6 Grating Angle ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 61 A Names and Addresses 67 A.1 Institute for Astronomy (Honolulu) Staff : :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 67 A.2 Institute for Astronomy (Hilo and Summit Staff) : ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 68 A.3 Mauna Kea Support Services :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 68 A.4 AirportÐGeneral Lyman Field, Hilo HI 96720 : ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 68 A.5 Hilo-based Trucking Firms : :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 69 A.6 Customs ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 69 A.7 4-wheel Drive Vehicle RentalsÐBig Island ::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 69 A.8 Accommodation in Hilo :: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 70 BForms 71 B.1 Observing Time Request Form ::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 71 B.2 Observer's Report :: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 77 C Mauna Kea Support Services 78 C.1 Lodging Service ::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 78 C.2 Library : ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 79 C.3 Of®ces : ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 79 C.4 Locker Services ::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 79 C.5 Mail Service : :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 79 C.6 Telephone Service :: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 79 C.7 Water, Electricity and Heat : :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 79 C.7.1 Vehicle Gasoline :: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 80 C.7.2 Fire : :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 80 C.7.3 Food Service : ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 80 D Mountain-top Policies 81 E Safety Regulations for observers at UH Telescopes 83 F AcclimatizationÐthe 24-hour rule 85 G Visitor Information and Costs 86 G.1 Acclimatization ::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 86 G.2 High Altitude Health TipsÐHow your body functions at high altitude :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: : 86 G.3 Mauna Kea Summit Information :: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: ::: :::: :::