UVES Documentation
In this page, you will find the links to the manuals needed to prepare
and analyse UVES observations. Please make sure to download the manuals
corresponding to the period in which the observations will take place.
All the manuals are in Adobe's Acrobat format.
- UVES User Manual
All the information about the instrument itself, its modes and
their characteristics.
- Period 81, to be used for
observations during the current period.
- Period 82, to be used for
Phase II preparation for observations in the Oct.2008-Mar.2009 period.
- Period 83, to be used for
the CfP for the Apr.-Sep.2009 period (Phase I).
- UVES Templates Reference Guide
Detailed information on the acquisition, observation and calibration
templates.
- Period 81, to be used for
observations during the current period.
- Period 82, to be used for
Phase II preparation for observations in the Oct.2008-Mar.2009 period.
- Period 83, to be used for
the CfP for the Apr.-Sep.2009 period (Phase I).
- UVES Calibration Plan
Detailed information on the calibration plan of UVES observations.
- Period 81, to be used for
observations during the current period.
- Period 82, to be used for
Phase II preparation for observations during the Oct.2008-Mar.2009 period.
- Period 83, to be used for
the CfP for the Apr.-Sep.2009 period (Phase I).
- UVES Pipeline User Manual
Detailed information on how to reduce data obtained with UVES.
- v2.9.7, to use the latest version of the MIDAS-based pipeline. A data reduction cookbook is available here.
- v3.9.0, to use the latest version of the CPL-based pipeline. Please also download the demo dataset (89M).
