CRIRES User Manual
Doc. Number: ESO-254264
Doc. Version: P109.4
Issued on:
2021-12-01
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50 of 99
Document Classification: ESO Internal Use [Confidential for Non-ESO Staff]
Figure 38: CRIRES wavelength settings compared to the atmospheric transmission.
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Figure 39: Effect of changes in airmass on PWV absorption produced by the CRIRES ETC.
5.3.4 Lunar Illumination
The Moon illumination (i.e., Fraction of Lunar Illumination, FLI) is defined as the fraction of
the lunar disk illuminated at local (Chilean) civil midnight, where 1.0 is fully illuminated. By
definition, Moon FLI equals 0 when the Moon is below the horizon on Paranal.
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A high-resolution version of this figure can be found online:
http://www.eso.org/sci/facilities/paranal/instruments/crires/img/CRIRES-wavelength-settings2021.png