User Manual
Doc. Number: ESO-323064
Doc. Version: 2
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Document Classification: Public
1. Introduction
1.1 Scope
The aim of the CRIRES User Manual is to provide information on the technical
characteristics of the instrument, its performance, observing, calibration and data reduction
procedures.
The document is structured as follows:
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Section 3 provides a technical description of CRIRES and its adaptive optics system.
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Section 4 details the instrument performance.
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Section 5 guides the users through the preparation of the observing proposal (Phase
I) providing a summary of the commonly observing techniques in the infrared, and
their impact on the Phase I constraints and telescope time
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Section 6 provides guidelines for Phase II preparation.
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Section 7 contains reference material. It includes a description of the calibration
plan, the data format, the template reference guide and the defined reference
settings.
1.2 Definitions, Acronyms and Abbreviations
Throughout this document we will use the terms and oCRIRES to refer to
CRIRES after and before the upgrade, respectively. However, it should be noted that the
instrument name has not changed. This document employs several abbreviations and
acronyms to refer concisely to an item, after it has been introduced. The following list is
aimed to help the reader in recalling the extended meaning of each short expression:
AO
Adaptive Optics
APD
Avalanche photodiode
BOB
Broker of Observation Blocks
CPL
Common Pipeline Library
CRIRES
Cryogenic high-resolution infrared echelle spectrograph
CRIRES upgrade project
DM
Deformable Mirror
DMO
Data management and operations division
ESO
European Southern Observatory
ETC
Exposure time calculator
FC
Finding Chart
FoV
Field of View
FPET
Fabry-Perot Etalon
FWHM
Full Width at Half Maximum
NGC
New General detector Controller
NGS
Natural guide stars
NIR
Near infrared
NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology
OB
Observation Block
oCRIRES
Original or old CRIRES
p2
Phase II web-based preparation
p1
Phase I web-based proposal preparation and submission system