UIST Integral Field Unit (IFU)

Please note that many of the instrumental parameters are described in the main UIST-spectroscopy web pages. Relavant links are included below, though first-time users of UKIRT and/or UIST are encouraged to review these pages also.

Instrument Parameters

• Introduction and basic optical parameters
• Current grism set: Resolution and wavelength coverage
• Sensitivity tables
• Readout modes and noise
• Saturation and sky counts

Observing

• Running up and down
• Preparing an observing programme - the UKIRT OT
• Available template observations
• OT Programme checklist
• Loading and running observations - the UKIRT QT
• IFU Data reduction (including ORAC DR)
• Available ORAC DR recipes
• Data orientation, format and location at UKIRT
• Target acquisition

Calibration

• UIST IFU arcs
• OH linelists
• Other calibration information: Ratio stars, linelists, the Mauna Kea atmosphere