• Write your name in the slot for the telescope and date that you want. You can reserve a scope many weeks or even months in advance. You can claim the scope for one or two consecutive weekday evenings, or over an entire weekend (checkout Friday, return Monday) but no more than that without asking the scope czar.

• If you want to use the scope that very evening, you must still put your name down -- don't just take the keys or the scope. We want to know how much usage the facilities are getting, and we also need to be able to track you down if you fail to return something.

• Sometime during the day or evening of your "observing run", come to the cabinet and grab the keys or portable telescope inside. The combination to the lock will be told to you when you are authorized, or by asking Varun (varun@astro).

• When you take the keys or the scope, put a checkmark in the "out" box, so we know that you've taken custody of the telescope.

• Make sure you have all the parts or keys. There are two keyrings, one for the Robinson C-14, one for the Downs C-10. They are not the same. Get the right one. For the C-8 in the trunk, be sure you also pick up the tripod, the wedge mount, and the silver eyepiece briefcase.

• You should try to return the keys or scope by noon the next day. If you want to return the keys that same night, as soon as you're done observing, so much the better. Put a checkmark in the "retn" box on the clipboard sheet when you do so.

Thank you,
The Management