User's Guide to the Lick 36" Refracting Telescope


Introduction
Dome
General
Floor
Slit (shutter)
Windscreen
Rotation
Lighting
Telescope
General
Balance
Lens Cover
Motion
Position Indicators
Finderscope
Tangent Arm
Reversal
Access Ports
Control Desk
Console
Contents
Limits
Pointing
Weather
Safety
Observing Hits
Checklist
Trouble Shooting

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Dome Console

The console is on the top of the desk in the middle of the 36" floor. The console houses most of the electronic controls used on the 36" telescope. This includes dome lighting, floor control, clock drive control, shutter control, and dome rotation. It also houses a UTC and sidereal clocks and a several pieces of no longer supported equipment.

 


Figure 1. Control Desk on the 36" Floor
Figure 2. Control Desk
Figure 3. Desk Controls and Gauges
Figure 4. Desk Switches
Figure 5. Desk Clocks, UTC on the Left and Sidereal on the Right
Figure 1. Sidereal Drive


Last modified: Tue Jun 8 13:23:44 PDT 2010