Spectroscopy

An specific observing script called notcam.easy-calib was made that provides an automatic and optimal way to get all the required on-sky spectroscopic calibrations

There still is an issue with the Argon lamp in the sky baffle used for NOTCam spectroscopic wavelength calibrations sometimes switching on very slowly. Replacing the lamp has not improved things. The plan is to modify the easy-calib script to include a test exposure with the Argon lamp, including a loop to wait until it is properly switched on before taking the calibration data.

We are also planning to make a script notcam.acquisition similar to the alfosc.acquisition, that executes the whole procedure to center a target on the slit.



Thomas Augusteijn 2013-05-10