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UKIRT Bottom-end Vignetting
The maximum crosshead travel is ±3.5 arcmin on the sky. The 10mm
thick dichroic substrate produces a 5."27 image shift, which vanishes
when guiding off the substrate. Stars within a few arcsec of its edge
will be split into two images 5" apart, so the edges must be avoided
when choosing guide stars. The figure shows the exact dimensions of the
areas of constraint which affect the selection of guide stars.
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Acquisition and guiding in ``Description".
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