The main computing facilities at the Observatory are Sun Sparc workstations running the Solaris operating system. We also have a number of Macintosh personal computers. Additional systems support data collection and instrument control at the telescopes. Major data reduction packages provided on the Observatories' systems include IRAF, AIPS and Figaro.
All observers require a computer account to operate telescope and instrument software.
This form must be faxed to the ANU RSAA Computer Section prior to your arrival so as to ensure your account is created and actived in time for your observing run. These accounts normally will cease to exist about a week after you leave the site at the completion of your run. There is an ISDN 64 kbps link connecting SSO to MSO and hence to the Internet. The link is NOT intended for transfer of large datasets. These are for the sole use of the observer during their run.