Documentation

Description of WFCAM	Focal plane layout, filters, autoguider.
Performance	WFCAM zeropoints, signal to noise ratio calculations, throughput, sensitivity tables, blank sky brightness, twilight flat fields
Preparing your Observation	Observing terminology, guidelines for scientific survey MSB design, microstepping, calibrations (standard darks).
Submitting MSBs
WFCAM Data Handling	Raw data flow, pipeline processing, access to WFCAM data
Frequently Asked Questions
Technical Information	Detector array characteristics, readout modes, noise, gain
Troubleshooting	Nighttime troubleshooting tips Image quality problems checklist WFCAM focus positions Notes on focusing

Engineering, Commissioning etc

• ATC WFCAM Pages
• WFCAM Commissioning Page
• Engineering History
• Fieldlens contamination images
• Running UCLIENT
• Running WFCAM with fewer than four cameras
• Safe temperature limits for operating WFCAM after a warmup
• WFCAM daytime checks
• Current M2 and internal filter offsets

Pretty pictures, Photos etc

Photos of WFCAM on UKIRT

Contacts

• Watson Varricatt is the instrument scientist for WFCAM.
• Tom Kerr is the secondary support scientist.
• See the ATC WFCAM Pages for contacts at the ATC where WFCAM was built.