VIMOS Documentation
In this page, you will find all the manuals needed to prepare and analyze your observations with VIMOS. Please be sure to download the version corresponding to the period in which the observations will take place.
All the manuals are in Adobe's Acrobat format.
- VIMOS User's Manual
All the informations about the instrument itself, its modes and their characteristics as well as the informations on the acquisition, observation and nighttime calibrations templates.- Period 82, for P82 phase I and II preparation
- Period 81, for P81 phase I and II preparation
- Period 80, for P80 phase I and II preparation
- Period 79, for P79 Phase II preparation
- Period 78, to be used for the P78 Phase II preparation and during P78
- GUIDECAM User's Manual
All the informations about the use of the Guidecam tool to select the proper guide star for your imaging observation and to prepare the corresponding finding charts.- Period 82, for P82 phase I and II
- Period 81, for P81 phase I and II
- Period 80, for P80 phase II preparation
- Period 79, for P79 Phase II preparation and during P79
- Period 78, for P78 Phase II preparation and during P78
- VMMPS Cookbook
All the informations on how to produce a mask for VIMOS MOS observation using the VMMPS software. - VIMOS Pipeline User Manual
Detailed information on how to reduce data obtained with VIMOS.