Mimir - Documents and Manuals

News/Updates for Upcoming Observers

2009/01/14 - Quick Start Guide

2006/01/28 - Observing Changes (well-depth, scripts, guider, LM Spectroscopy commissioned)
2005/10/23 - Additional Advice
2005/09/30 - Observing Advice - lessons learned from the data processing trenches (DPC)

Guides: (Short, sweet, to the point)

Start-Up Sheet (Telescope, LOIS, Mimir)(PDF)

Mimir / LOIS Quick Start Guide (PDF)

Flat-Field Recommendations (HTML)

Night Sky Spectra (OH lines, transmission)

Documents: (not for the faint of heart)

Camera Unit Manual (PDF, HTML)
Filter Wheels Manual (PDF, HTML)
Slit & Decker Unit Manual (PDF, HTML)

Motor Controller I/O Boards Manual (PDF, HTML)
Detector Characterizations (HTML)

Mimir Log Sheets (PDF)

Key Parameter Tables & Plots

Filter & Filter Wheel Table

Slit Table

Decker Table

Camera Position Table

Spectroscopy Options Table

Grism Efficiency Plots

ZEMAX maps (grisms+filters)

Focus Information

Filter Bandpass Data

 

Observing Standards

Polarimetric Standards, Observing

Photometric - TBD

Spectroscopic - TBD