Welcome to the Las Campanas Zoo

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Dome

1541
elephant
dome pointing at sun

alt 0000 0897  --- +10deg 14'    az 0000 0809  --- 273deg 02'
weather  FINE                limits  DOWN               
blind  FULLY OPEN            cloud   10% FINE

Mount

1635
antelope
positioning mount

guider FINELOCK  
ra 0655 0654    dec 0507 0508  
ra GUIDE        dec GUIDE      
limits NONE 
sun ha  +5h 18m  dec  -2deg 19'  rise 10:25 UTC

Detectors

4940
leopard
reading data from the counters
 
                  starbord      port        tm
Hannibal   ratio     +9.22    +17.10     +0.00
           sum    00052546  00072723  00000000

Temperature Controllers

1550
iguana
Controlling temperatures

h_ovtop  127.01 C   h_star   19.98 C   h_port   19.95 C     h_if   37.99 C  
h_ovbot   94.73 C     hs_a   25.32 C     hs_b   17.89 C    caser   36.89 C  
  casef   47.81 C

Temperature Monitors

1522
lizard
monitoring temperatures

 h_back   15.63 C    cloud    0.15 V      amb   12.99 C     room   13.91 C  
   tank   16.14 C

Watchdogs

1488
eagle
Flying over the zoo

1517
turkey
Flying over the zoo