This form is provided for your convenience in submitting HYDRA configuration files to use during your observing run at the Kitt Peak WIYN telescope. A target list (cache) for pointing the telescope at your hydra fields will automatically be generated from these configuration files.
NOTE: We ask you to submit your files at least two weeks in advance of your observing run so that we can assure they are installed when you arrive on the mountain.
Required Format: This form is explicitly designed to accept only HYDRA configuration files; eg., output from the whydra program.
(For information on the whydra program please refer to the Instrumentation section of the WIYN Observatroy web site. Where you can download the the most recent PDF version of the Hydra Manual)
The information requested in this section is required.
Run Start Date:
Run End Date:
A name for your telescope pointing coordinates cache is required:
The naming convention should reflect the PI's name (or lead observer)—the month of observation and— the semester of observation.
Configuration Files: Select Browse, and choose the files you wish to submit. Please supply a unique name for each file. This form allows easy selection of multiple files to upload. It is assumed here that each of these files is an output file from the whydra program.