Sigma QUick Infrared Camera manual Observer’s Guide for Quirc

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Observer’s Guide for QUIRC

K.-W. Hodapp

J.L. Hora M.R. Metzger

University of Hawaii

October 30, 1997

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Contents Observer’s Guide for Quirc Page Near-Infrared Observing Techniques System OverviewDetector Linearity, Saturation, Read Noise, Dark Current Dewar Temperature Setup and Observing with QuircCamera Sensitivity Telconfig06quirc Workstation setupFp qrc Qcdcom Setup and OperationTaking exposures Writing Scripts and Taking Mosaics Filters and Focusing8QUIRC User Guide FocusingRunning VF to display data Cold RestartTaking Dark Frames Image display options Setting upQuick VF tips DSP initialization commands Qcdcom commandsCommands for setting up and taking exposures October30 Filter hnum commandiSet ﬁlter Go hnumiStart exposure Status shows the current parameters Diagnostic commands Program counts the errors