Welcome to the Sutherland Zoo

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Dome

2386
elephant
dome pointing at sun

alt 0000 0822  --- +8deg 40'    az 0000 0904  --- 248deg 34'
weather  WIND                limits  DOWN               
blind  FULLY OPEN            cloud  N/A

Mount

1786211
antelope
positioning mount

guider COARSE    
ra 0637 0638    dec 0813 0834  
ra LEFT         dec UP         
limits NONE 
sun ha  +6h 16m  dec -22deg 41'  rise 03:27 UTC

Detectors

1787553
tiger
Reading data from the tiger counters.

                    forward   forward       aft       aft        tm
                       star      port      star      port
      Fred  ratio     +0.06     +0.00     +0.00     +0.00     -0.48
            sum    00010929  00000000  00000000  00000000  00001262

Temperature Controllers

585711
iguana
Controlling temperatures

  ovtop  112.94 C     star   41.10 C     port   40.65 C       if   39.04 C  
  ovbot  -99.99 C  hsink_a   42.70 C  hsink_b   36.00 C   case_r   24.49 C  
 case_f   26.49 C

Temperature Monitors

4160704
lizard
monitoring temperatures

 tank_t    0.05 C   tank_b  166.34 C     room   21.45 C      amb  166.41 C  
   spec   37.97 C     dome   28.49 C

Watchdogs

586045
eagle
Flying over the zoo

1670
turkey
Flying over the zoo