User's Guide to IRCAL


Table of Contents


Introduction
Summary Table
Quick start
Instrument Characteristics
Software Overview
ircalui
ircaldisplay
soundserver
lickstrehl
Data File Info
Filters, Grisms, Polarimeter
Nodding and Dithering Scripts
Observing Procedures and Tips
Trouble-Shooting
Technical Details
Logsheet

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Summary Table

Image scale: 0.0780" per pixel in RA
0.0754" per pixel in Dec
Field of View:20.0" x 19.3"
Detector:PICNIC HgCdTe 256x256 pixels

Filter/Aperture Wheels
Filter 1 Filter 2 Aperture
HomeHomeHome
OpenKSiGrism-2Pinhole-100um
JWollastonSlit-100um-V
HKHalf-field
KsFeIIOpen
Blank25CH4-1.2Slit-100um-H
BrG-2.16OpenFinger
2.2/0.04ND2Open(F)
CaF-KgrismHGrism

Read Noise:30 e- with CDS
12 e- with 16 Reads
Gain:~10 electrons/DN
Backgrounds:
(Includes emissivity of
AO and telescope optics.)
J ~ 16.0 mag per square arcsec
H = 14.4 mag per square arcsec
K = 10.3 mag per square arcsec
Zeropoints (1 DN/s): J = 21.93
H = 21.79
Ks = 21.00


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Last modified: Thu Oct 9 15:48:53 PDT 2008