CRIRES User Manual
Doc. Number: ESO-254264
Doc. Version: P109.4
Issued on:
2021-12-01
Page:
4 of 99
Document Classification: ESO Internal Use [Confidential for Non-ESO Staff]
5.3.1
Turbulence Category ................................................................................................ 46
5.3.2
Airmass (X) .............................................................................................................. 47
5.3.3
Precipitable Water Vapour (PWV) ............................................................................ 47
5.3.4
Lunar Illumination ..................................................................................................... 50
5.3.5
Sky Transparency .................................................................................................... 51
5.4
O
BSERVING
S
TRATEGY
................................................................................................... 51
5.4.1
Background removal ................................................................................................ 51
5.4.2
Flux calibration and telluric correction ....................................................................... 52
5.5
T
HE
E
XPOSURE
T
IME
C
ALCULATOR
.................................................................................. 53
5.6
I
NSTRUMENT OVERHEADS
............................................................................................... 56
6.
PHASE II: PREPARING THE OBSERVATIONS ................................................................. 58
6.1
S
ERVICE MODE OBSERVATIONS
........................................................................................ 58
6.2
V
ISITOR MODE OBSERVATIONS
......................................................................................... 59
6.3
T
ARGET ACQUISITION TEMPLATES
.................................................................................... 59
6.3.1
Target details ........................................................................................................... 61
6.3.2
Optional - Telescope Guide Star (VLT-GS) details .................................................... 61
6.3.3
Slit Viewer Guide Star (SVGS) details ...................................................................... 62
6.3.4
AO star (NGS) details............................................................................................... 63
6.3.5
Instrument details ..................................................................................................... 65
6.3.6
Differential Tracking parameters ............................................................................... 65
6.3.7
Spectro-Polarimetry ................................................................................................. 66
6.4
S
CIENCE TEMPLATES
...................................................................................................... 66
6.4.1
Exposure Time details .............................................................................................. 67
6.4.2
Nodding details ........................................................................................................ 68
6.4.3
Generic-offsets details .............................................................................................. 69
6.4.4
Spectro-astrometry details ........................................................................................ 71
6.4.5
Spectro-polarimetry details ....................................................................................... 71
6.5
O
FFSET CONVENTIONS AND DEFINITIONS
.......................................................................... 73
6.6
A
TTACHED NIGHT
-
TIME CALIBRATIONS
.............................................................................. 73
6.6.1
Spectro-photometric standard star or telluric observations ........................................ 74
6.6.2
Flat field calibrations ................................................................................................ 75
6.6.3
Wavelength calibration template ............................................................................... 75
6.6.4
Sky observations ...................................................................................................... 76
6.6.5
Polarimetric standard stars ....................................................................................... 76
6.7
OB
CONSTRAINT SET AND
Q
UALITY
C
ONTROL
................................................................... 77
6.8
E
PHEMERIS OF MOVING TARGETS
..................................................................................... 78
6.9
F
INDING CHARTS
............................................................................................................ 78
6.10
README
FILE
.............................................................................................................. 78
7.
REFERENCE MATERIAL ................................................................................................... 79
7.1
C
ALIBRATION
P
LAN
........................................................................................................ 79
7.2
W
AVELENGTH
S
ETTINGS
................................................................................................. 80
7.3
T
EMPLATE
S
IGNATURE
F
ILES
........................................................................................... 84
7.3.1
Acquisition TSF ........................................................................................................ 84
7.3.2
Science observing TSF ............................................................................................ 91
7.3.3
Calibration TSF ........................................................................................................ 94
7.4
D
ATA FORMAT AND REDUCTION
........................................................................................ 98
7.4.1
Selection of CRIRES FITS header keywords ............................................................ 98
7.4.2
Format ..................................................................................................................... 99
7.4.3
Pipeline .................................................................................................................... 99