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 Desk Contents

The desk in the dome has a number of drawers with useful references and equipment. Below is a quick summary of what should be available in each drawer.

Upper Left Drawer:

  • 36" manuals
  • Instrument manuals
  • Current Astronomical Almanac
  • Norton's Sky Atlas

Lower Left Cabinet:

  • Red flashlights
  • Burnham's Celestial Handbook
  • Batteries

Center Drawer:

  • Logbook
  • Pens & pencils
  • Goodstuff list
  • Start-up and Shut-down Checklists

Upper (1st) Right Drawer:
Miscellaneous tools

2nd Right Drawer:
Miscellaneous 2" square filters (for use with old eyepiece mount and filter holder)

3rd Right Drawer:
Miscellaneous electrical parts.

Bottom (4th) Right Drawer:

  • Spare red light bulbs
  • Eyepieces & fittings
  • Moon filter & other filters