1.
Mosaic-1.1 Overview: At Least Read This!
1.1
General characteristics
1.2
KPNO Mayall 4-meter parameters
1.3
Expected WIYN 0.9-m parameters
1.4
All of the commands that are likely to be needed
1.5
What's changed with Mosaic-1.1?
1.6
Instrument and data overview
1.7
Supplement Information: Other manuals and web pages
2.
The Mosaic Hardware
2.1
The Mosaic-1.1 CCDs
2.2
The dewar
2.3
The data acquisition system
2.4
The CCD shutter
2.5
The filter track
2.6
Filters for Mosaic
2.7
Operation of the guider TVs
2.8
Correctors
2.9
Atmospheric dispersion corrector (at the 4-m only)
3.
Software
3.1
The Mosaic-1.1 computers
3.2
Starting up the software
3.3
The ins and outs of scipting
3.4
Taking an image
3.5
Dithering
3.6
Shutting things down and restarting
4.
Evaluating, Recording, and Reducing Mosaic Images
4.1
Working with Mosaic data files
4.2
Displaying and Evaluating images at the telescope
4.3
Examining the data
4.4
Getting your Mosaic data home
4.5
The Reduction of Mosaic images
4.6
Calibration data to obtain at the telescope
4.7
Basic reductions
4.8
The variable pixel scale and zero point uniformity
4.9
Stacking Mosaic images
4.10
A simplified summary of the processing steps
5.
Appendix A: Miscellaneous Software Commands
6.
Appendix B: Differential Refraction
7.
Appendix C: Issues about Photometery
8.
Appendix D: Flat-Field Exposures
9.
Appendix E: NOCS Menus and Windows in Detail
10.
Appendix F: Gotchas
11.
Appendix G: Troubleshooting
11.1
The ADC does not seem to be reacting fast enough
11.2
Loss of header information
11.3
When do I type "nocs start nohs"?
11.4
I can't start the NOCS software
11.5
The shutter returns to the "dark" position after every exposure
11.6
I executed a script but nothing happenend
11.7
It takes too long for the primary mirror to settle (4-m only)
11.8
I can't take an image because the filter track won't lock into place