The Care and Feeding of the Mount Stony Brook Observatory

• Introduction
• The Telescope and Dome
• The Computer Hardware and Relevant Equipment
• CCD Systems and Their Hardware
  • The Lynxx
  • The ST-4
  • The ST-6
• Data Acquisition
  • Target Finding
  • Data Acquisition with the Lynxx
  • The ST-4
  • ST-6 Data Collection
• Data Storage
  • Data Formats
  • Data Storage Media
• Data Processing
  • Quick Look Tools
  • The Lynxx Tools
  • IDL
  • IRAF
• A Night At The Telescope
  • The End Of The Night
• Training
  • Week 1
  • Week 2
  • Week 3
  • Week 4
• Maintenance
• Future Improvements
• Help Sheets For Operation Of The PC
  • Lynxx Time Sheet
  • PC To VAX FTP Commands
  • 14" Telescope Shut Down Check Sheet
• IDL Program Help Pages