Since APT is highly graphical, the best way to learn it is to watch someone use it. So we have provided a series of short training movies to demonstrate the APT tools - feedback from GOs shows the movies are highly recommended. There are also equivalent text documents which should be helpful for printing, and quick reference.
Here is a test movie. If you have any trouble with the movies please read the tips for viewing movies.
General APT Training Materials
| Title | Text | Movie |
|---|---|---|
| General Overview of APT GUI | Yes | 6 mins. |
| Annotated Snapshot of the GUI Features | Yes | - |
| Editing with the Tree Editor | - | 3.5 mins. |
| Using the new Find feature | - | 3.5 mins. |
| Reviewing Diagnostics | Yes | 4.5 mins |
| The Differencing Tool | - | 5.5 mins |
Phase I Specific APT Training Materials
Note: The Phase I Proposal Roadmap contains all of these links in a high level step-by-step proposal writing procedure.
| Title | Text | Movie |
|---|---|---|
| Phase I Getting Started in APT | Yes | 11.5 mins. |
| How to Analyze Scheduling Constraints with APT | Yes | 6.5 mins. |
| How to Ingest Fixed Targets in Phase I | Yes | - |
Aladin Interface Training Materials
Aladin is the tool for visualizing exposures in APT. We highly recommend the movies below so you can become familiar with Aladin's conventions.
| Title | Text | Movie |
|---|---|---|
| Using Aladin with APT in Phase I | Yes | 8.5 mins. |
| Creating mosaics in Phase I | Yes | 5 mins. |
| Using HLA with Aladin | Yes | 3.5 mins. |
| Using Aladin with APT in Phase II | Yes | 6.5 mins. |
| Measuring/updating orientations | - | 1.5 mins. |
| Creating Pos Targ offsets | Yes | 2 mins. |
| Reviewing/updating patterns | Yes | 1.5 mins. |
| Visualizing the path of a moving target observation | Yes | - |
| Using the Aladin Multiview Function | - | 1.5 mins. |
Phase II Specific APT Training Materials
Note: The Phase II Proposal Roadmap contains all of these links in a high level step-by-step proposal writing procedure.
| Title | Text | Movie |
|---|---|---|
| Getting started in Phase II | Yes | 9.5 mins. |
| Understanding the Phase II PDF Proposal Preview | Yes | - |
| Running the Orbit Planner | Yes | 5.5 min |
| Annotated Snapshot of the Orbit Planner Features | Yes | - |
| Running the Visit Planner | Yes | 4 mins. |
| Annotated Snapshot of the Visit Planner Features | Yes | - |
| Changing Orbit Numbers & Actual Durations in Sub-exposures | Yes | 7 mins. |
| Using the Auto-adjust Feature for Orbit Packing | Yes | 4 mins. |
| Creating Multi Visit Mosaics | - | 8 mins. |
| Creating Patterns | Yes | 3 mins. |
| Creating Coordinated Parallel Observations | Yes | 2 mins. |
| Cheat sheet for dealing with parallel buffer dumps | Yes | - |
| Creating Non-interruptible Exposure Sequences | Yes | 3 mins. |
| Creating a Big Phase II Proposal | Yes | - |
| Using the Text Proposal (.prop) File | Yes | - |
| How to Ingest Fixed Targets in Phase II | Yes | - |
| How to make and use Fixed Target Confirmation Charts | Yes | 4.5 mins. |
| How APT Processes Solar System Targets | Yes | - |
| How to use the MAST Portal from APT | - | 7 mins. |
| How to export Exposure Maps | Yes | - |
| How to use the Bright Object Tool | Yes | 10.5 mins. |
| How to use the COS BOT | Yes | 12 mins. |