1.
Mosaic-3 Overview: At Least Read This!
1.1
General characteristics
1.2
KPNO Mayall 4-meter parameters
1.3
All of the commands that are likely to be needed
1.4
What's changed with Mosaic-3?
1.5
Instrument and data overview
1.6
Supplement Information: Other manuals and web pages
2.
The Mosaic Hardware
2.1
The Mosaic-3 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
Corrector
2.9
Atmospheric Dispersion Corrector
3.
Software
3.1
The Mosaic-3 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
7.1
CCD-to-CCD Sensitivity Differences
7.2
Variations In Spectral Characteristics on a Single CCD
7.3
Shutter Corrections
8.
Appendix D: Flat-Field Exposures
9.
Appendix E: NOCS Menus and Windows in Detail
10.
Appendix F: Gotchas or "Feature"
11.
Appendix G: Troubleshooting
11.1
The ADC does not seem to be reacting fast enough
11.2
Noisy Image Section
11.3
I can't start the NOCS software
11.4
The shutter returns to the "dark" position after every exposure
11.5
I executed a script but nothing happenend
11.6
It takes too long for the primary mirror to settle
11.7
I can't take an image because the filter track won't lock into place
11.8
An image shows a shifted region in one or more CCDs
11.9
The same image is repeatedly displayed (instead of a new image)