ALFOSC shutterAnalysis based on CCD8 data, but timings still valid for new CCDsALFOSC shutter is "butterfly"-type and is located between the filter and grism wheels. The minimum time to open and close the shutter is about 0.3-0.4 seconds (Figure 1). So, one ***can _not_ take*** an exposure shorter than ~0.4 sec. In addition, the actual shutter opening time is about 0.1 seconds longer than the requested time. Timing accuracy measurements from IAWN campaigns show that the time given in the ALFOSC headers have a delay of 0.4 seconds. The shutter pattern is virtually non existent. Several 0.2 and 5 seconds overscan subtracted images were coadded and normalised to one second. The ratio of the long and short images indicates that there is a slight gradient from bottom left to top right hand corner. However, the difference between the corners is less than 1 part in 1000 for a 0.2 sec exposure.
Click here to see the image only. Top panel, integration time versus measured count level (using Beta light) from overscan subtracted image.
The dotted and dashed lines show 0.5% and 1% lines, respectively.
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