Bill's UA/SARA Observing Links

TuscaloosaKitt PeakCerro Tololo
Host siteUA Astro KPNOCTIO
Clear Sky Clock
USNO Sun/Moon UAObs KPNO
All-sky cameras KPNO Cerro Pachon |SOAR
Daytime webcamsDowntown North | South | Both CTIO
Geosat images Gulf IR CONUS-W IR GOES-E full disk IR
WX forecasts T-Town Old Pueblo La Serena
Live sky maps Tuscaloosa Kitt Peak Cerro Tololo
CCD makers SBIG Apogee
Telescope supportDFM ACEACE
Coordinates 87.54403W 33.2098N 111.60W 31.98N 70.809W 30.159S


General references:

  • Current UT from USNO
  • Landolt UBVRI standards - ADS | Vizier table | CFHT list w/charts
  • Andrew Johnson's PDF star atlas to mag 7
  • JPL Horizons ephemeris service (obscodes: 695 for KP, 807 for CT) | Asteroid occultations | Asteroids in field
  • Data services: NED | SIMBAD | Skyview | ADS | SDSS finding charts | WikiSKY
  • Software: IRAF@NOAO | IRAF.net | Mira | Iris | DS9 | RealVNC | RAdmin
  • Terra MODIS aerosol predictions
  • Screensnaps of typical window setups: telescope | u55 | Sample all-sky image
  • Salient features of SARA-KP: Instruments | Tube | Mirror covers | Mount | Telescope tailpiece
  • Gary Henson's plot of residual charge behavior on the U42 CCD (time in minutes)
  • PDF finding charts

  • One of the hazards of remote observing


    wkeel@ua.edu
    Last changes: July 2008