The Palomar Testbed Interferometer

Observing

• Troubleshooting Guide
• The current Observing Schedule
• Notes to the observer
• PTI Postprocessing Services Page on Hardcore and the very useful Endnight report
• Personnel Schedule
• Current Log Entries
• Current Seeing
• Palomar MASS-DIMM Seeing
• Stars Overhead
• Palomar All-Sky Camera Page and most recent snapshot
• Real-time Number of PHASES Scans
• Real-time Visibility Services

Instrument Setup

• An abbreviated Startup Checklist. ( Illustrated Version )
• Setting up the Instrument for Single Star Mode
• Setting up the Instrument for Dualstar Mode and Phase Referencing.
• How to Switch Baselines (NS,NW,SW)
• How to Switch Bands (H,K,KHI)
• How to use the AutoAligner (dualstar)

Weather

• Current Weather from the station at PTI.
• Predicted conditions (Sky Clock) and key
• San Diego Weather Images: 2 km Infra-Red, 2 km Fog, 1 km Visible, 16 km Water Vapor, Radar
• NOAA San Diego / Palomar and NOAA Radar Pages
• Fire weather pages
• NOAA Weather Forecast for Palomar Mtn. Area. ( Discussion)
• Real-Time Weather Data from Boulder, Co
• GOES-10 Pacific Ocean IR Image
• San Diego weather forecast from Yahoo
• RAMSDIS Online
• Aviation Weather
• Palomar Summit Cam
• Recent California Earthquakes

Project Documents & Web Pages

• Recent PTI publications.
• Public PTI webpage
• Internal Project Documents at JPL
• Interferometry at JPL and IPAC

Astronomical Utilities

• SIMBAD
• NASA ADS
• gcWeb - getCal on the Web
• webCalib - Calibration for V2 Observations
• Digitized Sky Survey Plates
• 2MASS Image Service
• Coordinate Conversions
• Useful Astronomical Tools

When the Clouds come a Rollin' in...

• 28 Aug 2007