Open Canvas to the assignment page.\
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Choose "MY OBSERVATORY" and then "Optical Observing"

Type the name of your observation target in this field and click "Search."

Usually there is only one object returned. If there are multiple, choose the one with the correct description.

Scroll down and to the left. Rename your observation in the "Observation Name" field. Add the number of the assignment to assist yourself later.

Scroll to the bottom of the page. Make sure you see colored lines above the grey line marked at elevation 20.0.\
You can click the name of an observatory ("PROMPT") to toggle that line.\
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This is a model of visibility in that location. If none of the colored lines are above the grey line, then your object is not visible and you need to choose a different object.

Use the table provided in your Canvas assignment to look up which filter to use for the object you are observing.\
In this case, we need filter "V".

Click the down arrows on the colored bars to see more filters. We will only need "Johnson/Cousins" and "Generic." You can keep the other sections collapsed.

Select the filter the assignment indicates. In this case I need filter "V", but you may need something different.

Click the down arrows at the end of every bar to see all the telescopes available.

Morehead | Chapel Hill, North Carolina USA

Select all the telescopes!!\
(Normally we select all with "Prompt" in the name, but right now several of those are disconnected, so select everything!)

There are some telescopes at other observatories too.

Generic 16-inch | back-illuminated CCD
PROMPT-MO-1 - 0.41m
PROMPT-USASK - 0.41m
Prompt2 - 0.41m
Prompt5 - 0.41m
Prompt6 - 0.41m

Set the "# Exps" (number of exposures) to 1. \
You will always set it to 1.

Use the table provided in your Canvas assignment to look up what "Exposure Duration" to use for the object you are observing.\
In this case, we need "0.1"

Type in that duration. In this case I need "0.1" but you may need something different.

Scroll to the bottom and click "Save and Continue"

Check your telescopes, filter, and exposure duration.

Note how many of your credits of observing time this will spend.

If you need to show that you have put in an observation request, take a screenshot now showing that your observation has been requested and is active.

You're done! Now you can start the next observation request!

Skynet: Request a New Observation