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Welcome to the Astronomy Department Facility Wiki.
This page is living documentation of the University of Washington Astronomy Department computer system. It is also the place for information on classes, research and the UW Astro Social life. It is made for and by UW astronomers so, please, explore, add to, correct, and update these pages.
An introduction to the wiki format can be found here. More information can also be found at Help:Contents. If you do not have account and you would like one, please email christensen AT astro DOT washington DOT edu.
Places to Start
- Community:Main -- Department life
- Academics:Main -- Class pages and other such information (visible to all)
- Academics:Undergraduates -- Links to wiki pages specifically for undergrad astronomers (visible to all)
- Research:Main -- Information for research groups (visible to all)
- Accounts -- Basic information about your account and password as well as information about new accounts
- Backups -- What is backed up and how to retrieve lost information
- Condor -- Condor is our distributed computing system. Follow this link for instructions on how to use it.
- Email -- Instructions on how to access you email and getting rid of spam
- Help -- Who to go to for computer help including repairing computers
- Printers -- Information on and instruction for printing in the department
- Software Map -- A list of the astronomy department software with information on each
- Tutorials -- Tutorials for everything from setting up a new account to how to make pretty plots
