Paper copies of these manuals are available in the library at SAAO, Cape Town; the hostel library in Sutherland; and in the relevant domes. Please do not print your own copies at SAAO.
Telescope Control System
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A more up-to-date wiki manual here: Wiki.
SHOC
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SHOC User Guide (Jul 2015) – contains useful instrument info, but new software is described on SHOC wiki
HIPPO High speed Photo-Polarimeter
Grating Spectrograph – instrument has been upgraded and was recommissioned in Oct 2015
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SpUpNIC (Spectrograph Upgrade – New Improved Cassegrain) wiki – instructions for using the upgraded spectrograph
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Telescope & Spectrograph Control (Sept 2014) – manual still relevant for telescope use; much of the spectrograph functionality has changed
GIRAFFE Echelle Spectrograph – instrument currently unavailable, pending upgrades
SAAO CCD (STE3/STE4) – instrument currently only available on the 1-m telescope, which uses a different manual