Hale Telescope
Demo Desk
Operator's Manual

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This is a brief description of the Demo Desk of the Hale Telescope simulation. It primarily controls the visibility of various components of the simulated telescope. No such desk exists in the real world.

To start, click on the on/off button at the lower right corner of the desk. That will activate the lights and switches. The on/off button is blue when off, green when on.

Control Buttons

As with the on/off button, when a push-button is activated, it is shown in the down position and glows green. When a button is not active, it is shown in the up position and glows blue.

Hide: Left-most column, top to bottom

Originally, this column only had individual buttons. When they were activated, they would hide the specified telescope component.

Several components now have three visibility options:

Button names:

Reveal: center column, top to bottom

This column of buttons makes visible various elements of the simulation which normally are not shown.

Several of these elements have up to five different configurations.

Control: right-most column, top to bottom