MOS User's Manual
This manual describes the present status of MOS and observing
procedures for using it efficiently. MOS (the
Multi-Object
Spectrograph) provides imaging and multi-slit
spectroscopy capabilities from 3500Å to just beyone 9000Å,
over a 10´ x 10´ field of view.
MOS Home Page
- MOS / SIS
- References
- General
- Optical layout
- Optical performances
- Mechanics
- Mask Slides
- Filters
- Grisms
- CCD detectors
- Calibration lamps
- LAser MAchine (LAMA)
- Checking the status of MOS
- the MOS window
- CAF window: Computer Aided Focussing
- OFFSET window: accurate offsetting
- RASTER and EXPOSE windows: gathering photons
- LAMPS window: calibration unit control
- The Cal-SEQ Window: Automatic Calibration Sequence
- IMAGE and GRAPH windows: looking at the data
- FILES window: handling data files
- Overview
- Recipe 1: Summary of steps for direct imaging
- Recipe 2: Summary of steps for long slit or multi-slit spectroscopy
- Cassegrain bonnette rotation
- Field acquisition and centering
- Focusing
- Offsetting
- Guiding
- Imaging exposures
- Spectroscopy exposures
- Aperture mask preparation
- Aperture mask installation
- Calibration
- Direct imaging
- Spectroscopy
- The MULTIRED package
- Imaging
- Spectroscopy
- Spectrograph Alignment
- Spectrograph Focusing
- CAF Set-Up
- OFFSET Set-Up
- Checking LAMA
Contributors to this manual include:
D. Bohlender, J. Bouvier, J.G. Cuby, O. LeFevre, E. Magnier,
C. Vanderriest, and C. Veillet.
Send comments to: eugene@cfht.hawaii.edu
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