Welcome to the Las Campanas Zoo

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Dome

1612
elephant
dome closed due to clouds

alt 0000 0341  --- +65deg 39'    az 0000 0758  --- 287deg 47'
weather  FINE                limits  DOWN               
blind  NOT FULLY OPEN        cloud   59% CLOUD

Mount

1589
antelope
positioning mount

guider SEEKING   
ra 0497 0499 *  dec 0555 0556 *
ra LEFT         dec STOP       
limits NONE 
sun ha  +1h 39m  dec -19deg 23'  rise 10:09 UTC

Detectors

1598
leopard
reading data from the counters
 
                  starbord      port        tm
Hannibal   ratio     +0.35     -0.33    +47.13
           sum    00001425  00001824  00000348
 
                  starbord      port        tm
Ivan       ratio     +0.10     +0.00     +0.00
           sum    00001047  00000000  00000000

Temperature Controllers

1631
iguana
Controlling temperatures

h_ovtop  127.01 C   h_star   22.46 C   h_port   22.46 C     h_if   37.99 C  
h_ovbot   97.40 C     hs_a   34.56 C     hs_b   26.69 C    caser   53.37 C  
  casef   58.52 C

Temperature Monitors

1607
lizard
monitoring temperatures

 h_back   23.87 C   h_base  107.33 C    cloud    0.16 V     i_if   35.17 C  
 i_port   20.76 C   i_star   20.57 C   i_oven  120.08 C      amb   21.41 C  
   room   21.13 C     tank   23.60 C

Watchdogs

1555
eagle
Flying over the zoo

1584
turkey
Flying over the zoo