“soar” missing in “observatory

cosmologist wrote on Mar 20, 2012

I am looking in the list of telescopes in the observatory task, but I can't find SOAR. Is there a way to update the list?

This is what I get:

WARNING: Observatory entry soar not found in database noao$lib/obsdb.dat
  kpno: Kitt Peak National Observatory
  ctio: Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory
  lasilla: European Southern Observatory: La Silla
  paranal: European Southern Observatory: Paranal
  lick: Lick Observatory
  mmto: MMT Observatory
  cfht: Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
  lapalma: Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma
  mso: Mt. Stromlo Observatory
  sso: Siding Spring Observatory
  aao: Anglo-Australian Observatory
  mcdonald: McDonald Observatory
  lco: Las Campanas Observatory
  mtbigelow: Catalina Observatory: 61 inch telescope
  dao: Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
  spm: Observatorio Astronomico Nacional, San Pedro Martir
  tona: Observatorio Astronomico Nacional, Tonantzintla
  Palomar: The Hale Telescope
  mdm: Michigan-Dartmouth-MIT Observatory
  NOV: National Observatory of Venezuela
  bmo: Black Moshannon Observatory
  BAO: Beijing XingLong Observatory
  keck: W. M. Keck Observatory
  ekar: Mt. Ekar 182 cm. Telescope
  apo: Apache Point Observatory
  lowell: Lowell Observatory
  vbo: Vainu Bappu Observatory
  iao: Indian Astronomical Observatory, Hanle
  flwo: Whipple Observatory
  flwo1: Whipple Observatory
  oro: Oak Ridge Observatory
  lna: Laboratorio Nacional de Astrofisica - Brazil
  saao: South African Astronomical Observatory
  casleo: Complejo Astronomico El Leoncito, San Juan
  bosque: Estacion Astrofisica Bosque Alegre, Cordoba
  rozhen: National Astronomical Observatory Rozhen - Bulgaria
  irtf: NASA Infrared Telescope Facility
  bgsuo: Bowling Green State Univ Observatory
  DSAZ: Deutsch-Spanisches Observatorium Calar Alto - Spain
  ca: Calar Alto Observatory
  holi: Observatorium Hoher List (Universitaet Bonn) - Germany
  lmo: Leander McCormick Observatory
  fmo: Fan Mountain Observatory
  whitin: Whitin Observatory, Wellesley College
  osn: Observatorio de Sierra Nevada
  gemini-north: Gemini North Observatory
  gemini-south: Gemini South Observatory
  lasilla: European Southern Observatory: La Silla
  paranal: European Southern Observatory: Paranal
  esontt: European Southern Observatory, NTT, La Silla
  eso36m: European Southern Observatory, 3.6m Telescope, La Silla
  esovlt: European Southern Observatory, VLT, Paranal
  sln: SLN - Catania Astrophysical Observatory
  euo: Ege University Observatory
  tug: TUBITAK National Observatory, Turkey
  mgo: Mount Graham Observatory
  aries: Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences
  oalp: Observatorio Astronómico de La Plata
  olin: Connecticut
  boyden: Boyden
  obspars:  Use parameters from OBSERVATORY task

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Mike Fitzpatrick wrote on Mar 20, 2012

You must still be running v2.14. Add the following to the observatory database file noao$lib/obsdb.dat

# Submitted by Mairan Teodoro 1/27/10
observatory = "soar" 
        name = "Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope" 
        longitude = 70:44:01.4 
        latitude = -30:14:16.8 
        altitude = 2738 
        timezone = 4

This should already be part of v2.15 and later.

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