1.6.3 Observer's Responsibilities (HEY YOU!)

As the visiting observer, you have the responsibility for proper supervision of all aspects of the observing program. This includes:

• Providing to the SMTO staff, well in advance of the time scheduled, a full description of the equipment needed for the observations as well as a complete list of frequencies to be observed. Usually this information is included on the proposal cover sheet.
• To verify the telescope pointing and fine-tune it as needed.
• To obtain all calibration and other receiver/telescope parameters necessary for data reduction. This can be done either by adopting or scaling the SMTO-provided information from standard frequencies, and/or by making the appropriate measurements. In either case, proper data calibration is your responsibility, not the SMTO's.
• After a short training period, to operate the telescope and tune the receivers as necessary.
• To take great data and publish it!