FITS Header Keywords
ShARCS records a great deal of information in the FITS header keywords about the state of the detector and exposure parameters, state of the filter and aperture wheels, as well as the state of the ShaneAO adaptive optics system. A summary of the pertinent keywords for each system is listed below (this is not an exhaustive list of the unique keywords, just those that are most relevant for observers analyzing the data).
DATE-OBS - Unreliable date of exposure begin, don't use this keyword
APERNAM - Dewar aperture wheel, named position
LENSLETN - Lenslet, named position. Can be 8x, 16x, or 30x.Detector Keywords
TIME-OBS - Unreliable time of exposure begin, don't use this keyword
TIME-END - Unreliable time of exposure end, don't use this keyword
DATE-BEG - Accurate UT date and time of exposure start time
ITIME - Requested integration time in milliseconds of each coadd. Note, actual itegration time of each coadd is in the TRUITIME keyword.
TRUITIME - True integration time in seconds per coadd
COADDS - Number of coadds
GROUPS - Number of sampling groups
NUMREADS - Number of reads
READTIME - Detector readout time in seconds.
RESETS - Number of resets before exposure
SAMPMODE - Sampling mode. Can be MCDS, CDS, UTR, or Single.
BUNIT - Units of pixel value, usually 'ADU per coadd'
STARTX - Sub-array start x pixel
STARTY - Sub-array start y pixel
ENDX - Sub-array end x pixel
ENDY - Sub-array end y pixel
PSCALE - Pixel scale in arcsec/pixel for science camera, should be 0.033
RMPRESET - Number of resets in ramp
RMPREADS - Number of reads in ramp
DMPDROP - Number of drop frames in ramp
RMPGROUP - Number of groups in ramp
RDITIME - Time between sampling groups in seconds
ABORTED - Exposure was stopped before completion, either T or F
COADDONE - Number of coadds actually completed
READDONE - Reads actually completed in this coadd
GRPSDONE - Groups actually completed in this coadd
IGNORDRD - Number of discarded initial reads
SATURATE - Detector saturation level (DN) from config file, usually 33000
SYSGAIN - System gain in e-/ADU, usually 2.15
Filter and Aperture Wheel Keywords
FILT1NAM - Dewar filter wheel 1, named position
FILT2NAM - Dewar filter wheel 2, named position
SCIFILT - External (warm) science filter wheel position
ShaneAO State Keywords
TTDICHRN - Tip/Tilt dichroic position. Can be Splitter or Mirror.
LOOPSTAT - AO loop state. Can be Open or Closed.
LOOPSUB - AO Loop subaperture mode. Can be 8xLGS, 16xLGS, or 30xLGS.
TWTRGAIN - AO tweeter DM integrator gain
WOOFGAIN - AO woofer DM integrator gain
WFSRATE - WFS camera frame rate in Hz
TTRATE - Tip/tilt camera frame rate in Hz