Tools and Tips

ISAAC-specific tools

Information

• Observers preparing Aladdin SW imaging OBs should read these exposure time notes.
• LW spectroscopy without chopping - recommended min DITs
• The FastPhot modes: Burst and FastJitter.

Calibration

• Photometric Standards and Atmospheric Extinction
• Telluric (Spectroscopic) Standards and the Hipparcos Telluric standard finder
• Polarimetric Standard Stars
• Library of stellar spectra
• Atlas of OH lines. Also available in compressed postscript (gz) (434 kB) and from A & A, Volume 354, Issue 3, pp 1134-1150.
• Atlas of Xenon and Argon lines. Also available in Compressed postscript (gz) (700kB).

Data Reduction

• ISAAC Data Reduction Guide (old version but with useful tips), also available as a PostScript file.
  Check also: New pipeline release
• Updated list of pipeline recipes
• Effect of non-optimal collimator position 2002-08-02 till 2003-04-01. Also available as a Postscript file.
• Known problems and observing/data reduction tips

Generic Tools and information

• ETC, Exposure Time Calculators
• Proposal Preparation and Submission