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UKIRT

United Kingdom Infrared Telescope

Imaging with UIST

Imaging with UIST

Instrument Parameters

  • Optical parameters and orientation 
  • Current filter set 
  • Sensitivity tables
    • Variation of sensitivity across the array
  • Readout modes and noise 
  • Read speed, minimum exposure and efficiency 
  • Bias voltage, gain and linearity 
    • Non-linearity corrections
  • Saturation magnitudes and sky counts
  • Notes on thermal imaging

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Observing 

  • Running up and down 
  • Preparing an observing programme – the ORAC OT 
    • Template sequences 
  • Loading and running sequences – the ORAC OM 
  • Online data reduction – ORACDR 
    • Available DR Recipes 
  • Data format and location at UKIRT 
  • Coronagraphic Imaging 
  • Sample files with different instrument settings

You may also view the above sections on a Single Page; from this page, click on the note at the bottom of the lilac side-bar for a printable version.

Calibration 

  • UIST imaging zeropoints 
  • General calibration information: Standards, zeropoints and extinction

Recent Posts

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  • 18 May 2012 – UKIRT’s Productivity Continues to Rise
  • 11 April 2012 – A New Customer for UKIRT
  • 15 March 2011 – UKIRT Sets New Productivity Record
  • 27 December 2010 – Remote Operations Implemented for UKIRT
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