Observations

General information

To observe with Telesto, follow the instructions of the User manual: 
User manual Telesto 

At the end of the night, please fill in a night report:
Telesto night report

Some possible targets and telescope settings can be found here: 
Examples

If you have some problems you can have a look in here:
Troubleshooting

If you have any additional issue, do not try to solve it yourself, but contact someone:
Contacts

If you want to take calibration frames (biases, darks, flats):
Calibration frames

Observing the Sun
Observing the planets/moon with stellarium

During the observations

1. Use the webcam to see the telescope and check that everything is ok
2. Check weather conditions to avoid condensation or wind problems
1. Humidity and temperature
2. Wind and other information

   3. Close the dome under one of these conditions:

• [Temperature] < [dew point + 3]. For example, if the dew point is 10°, close the dome if the temperature is below 13°
• Wind faster than 15 m/s (54 km/h)
  

Suggestions

- Determining the optimal signal and exposure time 
- Determining the target size in pixels

- How to create a nice coloured picture
- How to calibrate images with the calibration data frames