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EOS P96 User Manual (161 pages)

The X-shooter User Manual provides extensive information on the technical characteristics of the instrument, its performances, observing and calibration procedures and data reduction.

Brand: EOS | Category: Telescope | Size: 10 MB

Table of Contents
8
1 Introduction

11
- Scope
  12
- X-Shooter in a Nutshell
  12
- Shortcuts to most Relevant Facts for Proposal Preparation
  12
- List of Abbreviations & Acronyms
  13
- Reference Documents
  14
- Acknowledgements
  15
- Contact
  15
- News
  16
2 Technical Description of the Instrument

17
- Overview of the Opto-Mechanical Design
  18
- Description of the Instrument Sub-Systems
  18
  - The Backbone
    19
    
    The Instrument Shutter and the Calibration Unit
    19
    
    The Acquisition and Guiding Slide
    20
    
    The IFU
    21
    
    The Acquisition and Guiding Camera
    23
    
    The Dichroic Box
    24
    
    The Flexure Compensation Tip-Tilt Mirrors
    24
    
    The Focal Reducer and Atmospheric Dispersion Correctors
    25
  - Adcs Problems and Disabled Adcs Observing Mode in SLIT and IFU
    26
  - Detector QE Curves
    35
  - The UVB Spectrograph
    35
  - Slit Carriage
    35
  - Optical Layout
    36
  - Detector
    37
  - The VIS Spectrograph
    39
  - Slit Carriage
    39
  - Optical Layout
    39
  - Detector
    39
  - The NIR Spectrograph
    40
  - Pre-Slit Optics and Entrance Window
    40
  - Slit Wheels
    40
  - NIR Backgrounds
    44
  - Optical Layout
    47
  - Detector
    48
- Spectral Format, Resolution and Overall Performances
  51
  - Spectral Format
    51
  - Spectral Resolution and Sampling
    52
  - Overall Sensitivity
    53
- Instrument Features and Known Problems to be Aware of
  55
  - UVB and VIS Detectors Sequential Readout
    55
  - Effects of Atmospheric Dispersion
    55
  - Remanence
    55
  - Ghosts
    57
  - Inter-Order Background
    58
  - NIR Frames with the K-Band Blocking Filter Features
    58
  - NIR Detector: Interquadrant Cross-Talk and Electrical Ghosts
    60
  - Instrument Stability
    60
  - Backbone Flexures
    60
  - Spectrograph Flexures
    60
  - Radial Velocity Accuracy
    60
    
    NIR 11 Th Order Vignetting (K Band)
    61
  - VIS CCD Pick-Up Noise
    62
  - NIR -IFU Parasitic Reflections
    62
  - UVB/VIS Adcs Problem
    63
  - Drift of Acquisition Reference Positions
    63
  - TCCD Features
    63
3 Observing with X-Shooter

64
4 The XSHOOTER Imaging Mode

84
5 Instrument and Telescope Overheads

100
- Summary of Telescope and Instrument Overheads
  100
- Execution Time Computation and How to Minimize the Overheads
  102
6 Calibrating and Reducing X-Shooter Data

104
- X-Shooter Calibration Plan
  104
- Wavelength and Spatial Scale Calibration
  107
- Flat-Field and Wavelength Calibrations
  108
- Spectroscopic Skyflats
  109
- Attached Calibrations
  110
- Spectrophotometric Calibration
  110
  - Telluric Absorption Correction
    110
  - Absolute Flux Calibration
    112
- The X-Shooter Pipeline
  113
- Examples of Observations with X-Shooter
  114
- Frequently Asked Questions
  114
7 Reference Material

116
- Templates Reference
  116
- Slit Masks
  160
  - Uvb
    160
  - Vis
    160
  - Nir
    161

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EOS P96 User Manual (161 pages)

Table of Contents

1 Introduction

2 Technical Description of the Instrument

3 Observing with X-Shooter

4 The XSHOOTER Imaging Mode

5 Instrument and Telescope Overheads

6 Calibrating and Reducing X-Shooter Data

7 Reference Material

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