No over-ride is to last longer than 3 hours without the Director's approval. No one run is to be over-ridden more than once without the Director's approval. In either of these two cases pay-back time will be made available. A84 and A85 get a combined extra night to compensate for this over-ride. The override does NOT apply on the first night of the 3D run.
Top end is to be changed by day crew.
Dome to be closed by local midday. For the first time, specific nights have been allocated to specific 2dF programs in this semester. It is hoped that the instrument will be in a state where observers can usefully be sent to the AAT for the Dec-Jan and Jan runs. Programs for the Sep-Oct and Nov 2dF runs will be carried out in service by AAO astronomers. Proposers will be contacted beforehand, and should be prepared to provide accurate positions and a detailed description of their observing program.