How to observe in OOCC
Everything you need to know to prepare, execute, and exploit your observations at the OOCC.
1. Proposal preparation
- Choose your instrument at "Telescopes" section
- Choose how to submit at "Observing Time" section: regular night CAT, Service time, DDT (GTC), DDT, OT, solar CAT, International Time
2. Prepare your observing run using the tools at "Observing Tools" section
- Check the exposure time calculator
- Check the observability
- Check the schedule of your telescope
- Check the ephemerids (ORM, OT)
- Print finding charts (ING)
- Prepare your trip (ORM, OT)
- Reserve your room (at the ORM or at the OT)
- Reserve your meal (at the ORM or at the OT)
- Reserve your car (at the ORM or at the OT) [IAC personnel only, please login]
3. Observing
4. After your observing run
- End-of-run report (GTC, WHT, TNG, NOT, INT, IAC80, TCS) at "Observing Tools" section