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 Skynet
WX forecasts T-Town Old Pueblo La Serena
Live sky maps Tuscaloosa Kitt Peak Cerro Tololo
CCD makers SBIG Apogee ARC
Telescope supportDFM ACEACE
Coordinates 87.54403W 33.2098N 111.60W 31.98N 70.809W 30.159S
Schedules UA16 SARA-N KP SARA-S CTIO
Current time


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 NASA-Ames
  • 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
  • Features of SARA-S: Telescope, early 2010 | Dome, mid-2009
  • Gary Henson's plot of residual charge behavior on the U42 CCD (time in minutes)
  • Redshifted [O III] filter transmission: Table | Plot | UBVRI filters
  • PDF finding charts

  • One of the hazards of remote observing


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    Last changes: September 2011