| 63 | | - fill the schedule according to the thread "observations (month yyyy)" in the [[https://www.fact-project.org/logbook/forumdisplay.php?fid=5|shift]] forum |
| 64 | | - use the [[https://fact-project.org/scheduling/scheduling.php|visibility and current prediction plots]] to plan the sources to observe |
| 65 | | - for finding a good position for a [[SpecialRatescans|ratescan]], you can use software planetariums like stellarium or KStars |
| 66 | | - good position for a [[SpecialRatescans|ratescan]]: zd < 10°, no bright star in the field of view |
| 67 | | - a tutorial for choosing a position with xephem can be found in this [[https://www.fact-project.org/logbook/showthread.php?tid=1771|thread]] in the shift forum |
| 68 | | - A detailed explanation of the different ratescan-types that can be scheduled is given [[SpecialRatescans|here]] |
| 69 | | - edit ~/operation/scripts/schedule.js |
| 70 | | - you can find the formate of the schedule in the ScheduleTemplate |
| 71 | | - don't forget to change the date of the observation tasks |
| 72 | | - schedule the startup ~10 minutes before start of astronomical twilight, the first source observation 1 minute after start of astronomical twilight and the shutdown ~8 minutes before end of astronomical twilight |
| 73 | | - you can find the start and end of the astronomical twilight in smartfact->weather->sun |
| 74 | | - you can add several tasks to one observation, for example a [[SpecialRatescans|ratescan]] following by normal datataking |
| 75 | | - if you specify the coordinate, notice: ra is in decimal hours and dec in decimal degree |
| | 63 | The observation schedule is filled on the [[http://www.fact-project.org/schedule/|shedule web site]]. A automatic observation scheduler fills in a first educated guess for each night. |
| | 64 | The reasoning of the automated observation scheduler can be found [[http://www.fact-project.org/dch/scheduling.php|here]], by pressing the '+' sign next to 'Suggested Schedule'. |
| 79 | | 6. insert schedule to database either from https://www.fact-project.org/schedule/ or with dimctrl: in /home/fact/operation : dimctrl --quit --cmd ".js scripts/updateSchedule.js" |
| 80 | | 0. Check status of the Telescope in the TPoint Camera (in cosy on aux; switchable on 10.0.1002.30 La Palma Network (-> you need vpn connection)) or Lid Camera http://fact-project.org/cam/lidcam.php and the [[https://fact-project.org/cam/index.php|IR Camera]] |
| | 68 | In addition to the educated guess of the automatic observation scheduler, we need to fill in a ratescan observation. |
| | 69 | |
| | 70 | - We add a ratescan observation to the [[http://www.fact-project.org/schedule/|schedule]] which should take place around mid night. |
| | 71 | |
| | 72 | To find a good dark patch to look at during the ratescan we use e.g. the [[https://github.com/fact-project/darkspot|darkspot]] finder. |
| | 73 | To gain most out of the multi wavelength observations, we want to adopt our observation schedule to overlap with the [[http://swift.gsfc.nasa.gov/|SWIFT]] [[http://www.fact-project.org/scheduling/2016/05/24/swift.schedule.formated|observation schedule]] |
| | 74 | |
| | 75 | When SWIFT is observing one of our scheduled sources during FACT's observation window, then we modify the FACT observation schedule to maximize the temporal overlap of SWIFT and FACT. A short summary of SWIFT and FACT overlap can be found [[http://www.fact-project.org/dch/scheduling.php|here]] when clicking on the '+' sign next to 'from Swift Schedule'. |
| | 76 | |
| | 77 | - We take a look in the [[http://www.fact-project.org/scheduling/2016/05/24/swift.schedule.formated|SWIFT schedule]] and adjust the [[http://www.fact-project.org/dch/scheduling.php|FACT schedule]] to maximize observation overlap. |
| | 78 | |
| | 79 | Now the schedule is ready. For more details on scheduling look [[https://trac.fact-project.org/wiki/Protected/Observations|here]]. |
| | 80 | |
| | 81 | 6. Check status of the Telescope in the TPoint Camera (in cosy on aux; switchable on 10.0.1002.30 La Palma Network (-> you need vpn connection)) or Lid Camera http://fact-project.org/cam/lidcam.php and the [[https://fact-project.org/cam/index.php|IR Camera]] |
