Manuals

OmegaCAM User and Template Manual

The instrument user manual and template manual to be used for P90 Phase I and II.
NOTE the User Manual updates regarding overheads and PSF (Sects. 3.4.1, 3.7.1).

The instrument user manual and template manual to be used for P89 Phase II.
NOTE the User Manual updates regarding flatfielding and overheads (Sects. 2.9. and 3.4.4.).

The instrument user manual and template manual to be used for P88 Phase II and P89 Phase I.
NOTE the User Manual updates regarding ADC and overheads (Sects. 3.2.2. and 3.4.4.).

The Survey Area Definition Tool - SADT

For the preparation of survey observations with VST the use of the Survey Area Definition tool is encouraged to define the survey layout. The tool and its documentation (cookbook and video tutorial) are available from:

• SADT User Manual

The Phase 2 Proposal Preparation Tool - P2PP

The service mode observation for the ESO public survey requires to schedule a large number of observation blocks every year. This requires a p2pp tool which can handle as well complex observing strategies.Therefore new concepts of scheduling containers have been included in P2PP version 3 tool, which has to be used for preparation observations with the VST.

• User Manual for P2PP Version 3.2

Video tutorials and practical examples how to prepare survey OBs can be found on the following page:

• P2PP Tutorials

Related Documents

• "New Observing Concepts for ESO Survey Telescopes" by Bierwirth et al. 2010, SPIE presentation
• Two more detailed documents on the OmegaCAM detector system can be found here (Workshop on Scientific Detectors for Astronomy, June 20 - 24, 2005, Taormina, Italy) and here (SPIE Symposium, May 24 - 31, 2006, Orlando, Florida), courtesy of the ESO Optical Detector Group.
  
• The original Calibration Plan and DFS User Requirements are also available.