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SOI Manual

SOAR Optical Imager (SOI)

User Manual

March 2008

Edited by S. Points, S. Heathcote, and H. Schwarz

Contents

 

  • SOI Overview: At Least Read This!
  • Introduction
    • Instrument Overview
    • Philosophy and Structure of this Manual
    • Supplemental Information
  • The SOI Hardware
    • The SOI CCDs
    • The Dewar
    • The Leach Controllers
    • The CCD Shutter
    • The Filter Wheels
    • The Tip-tilt Guider
    • The Rotator and Cable-wrap
    • The Focal Reducer Optics
    • The Atmospheric Dispersion Corrector
  • The SOI Software
    • Logging on to the Data Acquisition and Data Analysis Computer
    • Starting and Stopping the Data Acquisition GUI
    • Starting and Stopping the Data Analysis GUI
    • Basic GUI Layout
    • Observing with SOI
      • Before Your Run
      • Setting Up for the Start of Your Night/Run
      • After Your Night/Run
  • Evaluating and Reducing SOI Images
    • Working with SOI Data Files
    • Displaying and Evaluating SOI Images at the Telescope
    • Calibration Data to Obtain and the Telescope
    • Basic Image Reduction

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  • Observer Info
  • Telescope and Facility
  • SOAR Status
  • Visiting Astronomers Guide
  • Remote Observing at SOAR
  • Target of Opportunity Policy
  • Instrument Setup Forms and Observing Reports
  • Acknowledgement of SOAR data in publications
  • Observing Logs
  • Instruments
  • Instrument Documentation
    • Goodman High Throughput Spectrograph
    • Ohio State InfraRed Imager/Spectrometer (OSIRIS)
    • SOAR Optical Imager (SOI)
      • SOI Manual
        • SOI Overview
        • SOI Introduction
        • SOI Hardware
        • SOI Software
        • SOI Data Reduction
      • SOI Cookbook
      • SOI Filters
      • Image Reduction
    • Spartan High-Resolution InfraRed Camera
  • Science
  • Site Monitors
  • Weather
 

The Southern Astrophysical Research (SOAR) Telescope is a 4.1 meter aperture telescope designed to produce the best quality images of any observatory in its class in the world. It was funded by a partnership among the Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia, e Inovação (MCTI) da República Federativa do Brasil, the U.S. National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), and Michigan State University (MSU). SOAR is situated on Cerro Pachón at an altitude of 2,700 meters (8,775 feet) above sea level, at the western edge of the peaks of the Chilean Andes. See this webpage on how to properly acknowledge the use of SOAR data in publications.