InformationObservations

Information on Observations with the 30m

Login

mrt-lx7 - PAKO-Terminal

• Select the XFCE Session
• login the project

• open a terminal (Applications Menu -> Terminal Emulator)

• if the promt is not shown properly go to Edit -> Profile preferences ->

Colors and uncheck the option "Use colors from system theme"

• be sure that you are in the home directory (just type cd)
• change to mrt-lx1 (ssh -X mrt-lx1)
• type 'gopako', 'pakodisplay', and 'pako'

mrt-lx7 - CLASS, MIRA, etc-Terminal

• ==== CLASS ====

• open a terminal
• be sure that you are in the home directory (type 'cd')
• change to mrt-lx2 or mrt-lx3 (ssh -X mrt-lx2; ssh -X mrt-lx3)
• type 'cd observationData/mira'
• type 'CLASS'
  • ==== MIRA ====
• open a terminal
• be sure that you are in the home directory (type 'cd')
• change to mrt-lx2 or mrt-lx3 (ssh -X mrt-lx2; ssh -X mrt-lx3)
• type 'cd mira'
• type 'MIRA'
• Some tricks:
  • type '@demo' to load all the data
  • type 'ftd' to load the data of that day (ftd means find today)

mrt-lx8 - XEphem-Terminal

• Select the XFCE Session
• login the project
• open a teminal
• be sure that you are in the home directory (just type cd)
• change to mrt-lx3 (ssh -X mrt-lx3)

• type '.xephem/xephem.exe &'

• If telescope position is not shown, type 'azElToXephem.py'
• Some tricks:
  • view, skyview
  • Start automatic, regular updates of the sky display: press 'RT' next

to Looping

• plot sources: Data - Files - Select Catalog
• plot visibility tracks: right click on course, create trail
• plot position of one source: Data - Index - enter name - click on Sky

Point

Misc.

• Information on Topo Low/High: topolowhihg.png (created

by J.Santiago)