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See section
for full details:
- If not yet done startup ADAM.
- Move the rotator to position angle 180 with the ADAM command
ROTPOS 180.
- Slew the telescope to the SNAFU star, as for Cassegrain mode.
- Take a test GLANCE exposure of the field (1-5 seconds; use filters if
the star is very bright).
The CCD image will appear on the LEXIDATA and the star should be
visible near the centre of the chip.
- Use the Grinnell MOVESTAR command, and locate the star with the cursor.
The telescope will move and the star will move on the Finder TV image.
- Mark the position of the star now on the Finder TV screen with a felt
pen or similar marker.
- Move the telescope again to the original position by pushing the
SCRE button.
- Type at the User Interface:
SNAFU
and move the telescope with the handset such that the star
image on the finder coincides with the position marker put in step 6.
- Press the ACK.
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