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It is important to note that the offsets in all templates are offsets on sky as in other Paranal
instruments. They are computed as follows:
“offset RA= (delta RA)xcos(DEC), and offset DEC= delta DEC”.
It is also important to take into account the proper motions of the objects.
7.1.3 Acquisition templates
Slit acquisition templates
We encourage the users to select the filter in which the target is best visible. We also advice
to set the shortest possible acquisition exposure time (see Section 2.2.1.4). This would allow
a minimum acquisition overhead.
Table 18: User defined and fixed keywords for
XSHOOTER_slt_acq.
XSHOOTER_slt_acq
Keyword
Range
Default Value
Label in P2PP
Free parameters
TEL.TARG.ALPHA
000000.000
Target RA
TEL.TARG.DELTA
000000.000
Target DEC
TEL.TARG.EQUINOX
-2000..3000
2000
Equinox
TEL.TARG.PMA
-10.0..10.0
0.0
RA proper motion (“/yr)
TEL.TARG.PMD
-10.0..10.0
0.0
DEC proper motion (“/yr)
TEL.TARG.EPOCH
1950, 2000
2000
Epoch
TEL.TARG.ADDVELALPHA
0.0
RA
differential
tracking
velocity (“/s)
TEL.TARG.ADDVELDELTA
0.0
DEC differential tracking
velocity (“/s)
TEL.TARG.OFFSETALPHA -36000 .. 36000
0.0
RA blind offset (“)
TEL.TARG.OFFSETDELTA
-36000 .. 36000
0.0
DEC blind offset (“)
TEL.ROT.OFFANGLE
-179.99..179.99
9999.
9999.
Slit position angle on Sky
9999. for parallactic angle
INS.FILT1.NAME
u’, g’, r’, i’, z’, U,
B, V, R, I
A&G filter
DET4.WIN1.UIT1
0..36000
TCCD exposure time
TEL.AG.GUIDESTAR
CATALOGUE,
SETUPFILE,
NONE
CATALOGUE Telescope
guide
star
selection mode
TEL.GS1.ALPHA
0.0
Guide Star RA
TEL.GS1.DELTA
0.0
Guide Star DEC
Fixed parameters
DET1.WIN1.UIT1
2
AFC UVB exposure time
DET2.WIN1.UIT1
0.5
AFC VIS exposure time
DET3.DIT
1
AFC NIR DIT
DET3.NDIT
1
number of AFC NIR DITs
SEQ.AFC.CORRECT
F, T
T
AFC correct flag
SEQ.AFC.WSIZE
64
Window size for AFC
Cross Correlation
SEQ.AFC.MAXD
20
Maximum distance for
AFC Cross Correlation
SEQ.PRESET
T, F
T
Preset flag
INS.MODE
SLITSPEC,
IFUSPEC
SLITSPEC
Instrument mode