Spectroscopy with UIST

Instrument Parameters

• Available SLITS
• Available GRISMS: Resolution and wavelength coverage
• Sensitivity tables
• Readout modes and noise
• Read speed, exposure times and efficiency
• Gain and linearity
• Non-linearity corrections
• Saturation and sky counts

Observing

• Running up and down
• Preparing an observing programme - the UKIRT OT
• Available template observations
• OT Programme checklist
• Online data reduction - ORAC DR
• Available DR Recipes
• Data format, orientation and location at UKIRT
• Target acquisition

Calibration

• UIST arc spectra for each grism
• OH Sky Line spectra for Mauna Kea
  In the L and M-band, methane and water lines are more prevelant. Sky-spectra are available here:
  • Short-L data: JPG , FITS or NDF
  • Long-L data: JPG , FITS or NDF
  • M data: JPG , FITS or NDF
• Other calibration information: Ratio stars, line-lists, the Mauna Kea atmosphere