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Mar. 7, 2023

Section describing the Planning Tool added.

Nov. 22, 2022

Re-wrote the section on Observing Constraints and Scheduling for clarity.

July 6, 2022

Moved some sections to Appendixes. Created new appendix describing the details of how periodic observations work within the NEID scheduling software.

Apr. 1, 2022

Performed a general clean-up of the documentation to better match the labels and function of the current Portal. Altered the section now relabeled Checking/Saving the Observation and Approval to describe the new observation check software. Added a description of the Copy Observation function to a section now relabeled Editing/Copying Existing Observations. Added a new section called Fixed vs. SNR-limited Exposure Times to describe how exposure lengths can be set to a specific exposure time or an SNR limit. Added a new section called Helpful Hints to contain miscellaneous items queue users should be aware of. Added a new figure of seeing measurements taken from the NEID guide camera.

Jan. 20, 2022

SNR Wavelength is now selectable in observation settings.

Dec. 1, 2021

NEID Queue Users' Guide published in web format.