AMBER Documentation
In this page, you will find all the manuals needed to prepare your
observations with AMBER. Please be sure to download that corresponding
to the period in which the observations will take place. For
documentation on the AMBER data reduction check out the Tools section.
AMBER User's Manual
All the informations about the instrument itself, its modes and their characteristics.
- Period 80, to be
used for the P80 call for proposal, deadline April 1, 2007.
- Period 81, to be
used for the P81 call for proposal, deadline September 28, 2007.
- Period 82, to be
used for the P82 call for proposal, deadline April 1, 2008.
AMBER Template User Manual
Detailed information on the acquisition and observation
templates.
- Period 81, to be
used for the P81 P2PP stage.
- Period 82, to be
used for the P82 P2PP stage.
AMBER P2PP Tutorial
A detailed tutorial on the AMBER specifics for P2PP P80 can be found at:
AMBER Data Reduction Manual
The supported AMBER Data Reduction Software (DRS) is available from
the AMBER consortium and the JMMC, and can be downloaded from
http://www.mariotti.fr/data_processing_amber.htm.
At the same place, the AMBER DRS documentation is available. It
includes a general description of the data reduction, a presentation
of the software, a cookbook so that you can experiment the data reduction
on actual data, and a section with frequently-asked-questions.
