Welcome to the Sutherland Zoo

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Dome

1486
elephant
dome pointing at sun

alt 0000 0632  --- +29deg 37'    az 0000 0183  --- 99deg 49'
weather  WIND                limits  DOWN               
blind  FULLY OPEN            cloud  N/A

Mount

1452
antelope
positioning mount

guider SEEKING   
ra 0175 0175 *  dec 0834 0834 *
ra STOP         dec STOP       
limits NONE 
sun ha  -4h 34m  dec -22deg 57'  rise 03:27 UTC

Detectors

1481
tiger
Reading data from the tiger counters.

                    forward   forward       aft       aft        tm
                       star      port      star      port
      Fred  ratio     -0.63     +2.55     +0.00     +0.00     +1.94
            sum    00005891  00000628  00000000  00000000  00000206

Temperature Controllers

1460
iguana
Controlling temperatures

  ovtop  113.21 C     star   21.02 C     port   24.43 C       if   37.95 C  
  ovbot   35.31 C  hsink_a   44.53 C  hsink_b   42.91 C   case_r   21.62 C  
 case_f   21.16 C

Temperature Monitors

1454
lizard
monitoring temperatures

 tank_t   19.74 C   tank_b  166.32 C     room   17.79 C      amb  166.41 C  
   spec   21.41 C     dome   19.27 C    cloud    3.87 V

Watchdogs

1366
eagle
Flying over the zoo

1449
turkey
Flying over the zoo