Planning, Executing, Wrapping up your run at CTIO
| Before the run | During the run | After the run |
Before the run:
For YOUR Information:
- Visiting Astronomers Travel Guide
- NOAO-S Facilities Manual (PDF)
- NOAO proposal information
- Director's discretionary time
- General travel and tourism in Chile
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Basic Integral Security Guide for Visitors and Foreign Residents in Chile (ONEMI – National Emergency Bureau)
Meet our staff at science tea in the La Serena office library, Fridays @11am, except on days where we have a colloquium scheduled. - Register your computer/ipad/iphone/cellphone and check our network security and visitor computer policies.
For OUR Information:
Once you have arranged your trip, please let us know your Travel Plans.
Please tell us the instrument setup you need.
Please consider giving a talk -- CTIO staff are always interested to hear what others are doing in the astronomical community.
During the run:
Support:
Our mountain observing support staff provides most of the support for observers on Cerro Tololo itself. For the V. M. Blanco 4-m Telescope, each instrument has a scientific staff contact for additional help. The smaller telescopes are operated by the SMARTS Consortium, and queries should be directed to SMARTS personnel.
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At the end of every night at every telescope, a report form must be filled out. At all telescopes this is now the responsibility of the observer. The observing assistant (Blanco, SOAR) will remind the observer to fill out the form as necessary. NOTE: Night Report forms are for internal use only and are not accessible from non-CTIO computers. |
Ephemeris for Cerro Tololo.
Target-of-Opportunity Policy. Your observing run may be interrupted!
CDs and Videos available on the mountain for your enjoyment. Donations always welcome!
After the run:
In order to make sure that we stay competitive as a front-line observatory, we need to know how successful your run was.
PLEASE fill in one of these forms before you leave CTIO!:
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