= Welcome to APO Users Wiki = This is a site to allow APO users to share information about using APO facilities, in particular, the ARC 3.5m telescope and its instruments. Users are encouraged to share information about instrument/telescope performance, data reduction, etc. through this wiki. The official site web pages and manuals can be found at http://www.apo.nmsu.edu/arc35m. On this wiki we attempt to collect supplemental information and experience from users; it also provides a place for users to leave information that may be of use to others (and to themselves at some later time!). As such, however, anything posted here is not validated/guaranteed by site personnel, and users should be aware of the possibility that not everything here may be perfectly true! It is meant to be a clearing house for what people are learning. Note that the current wiki setup allows anonymous visitors to view pages. To edit/create pages, you need to register (helpful so others can see who posted). To register, simply click the Register link at the upper right and fill out the short form. After registering, send an email to holtz at nmsu.edu noting that you've registered and giving your connection with APO, after which you will be added to a group that can edit pages. Please edit responsibly; organization on a site like this can significantly affect its usability. Also note that at this point, this is just a wiki. There is the possibility of interfacing it with a code repository, another feature that might be implemented in the future (more likely if requested!), and perhaps mailing lists. == [wiki:newusers New User notes and useful information] == == [wiki:userscommittee Users' Committee Information and Meeting Minutes] == == [wiki:tdawg Time Domain Astronomy Working Group] == == [wiki:tewg Training and Education Working Group] == == [wiki:dawg Data Analysis Working Group] == == [wiki:spm19 June 2019 Strategic Planning Meeting] == == [wiki:A2020 Astro2020 Decadal Survey Considerations] == == [wiki:bog Information from ARC Board of Governors Meetings] == == ARC 3.5m Telescope == [http://www.apo.nmsu.edu/arc35m APO site telescope/information page with users manuals] ==== [wiki:3.5m Telescope, observing, etc. information] ==== - [wiki:3.5m#moving Tracking Solar System or other moving objects] - [wiki:3.5m#catalogs Some useful observing object catalogs] - [wiki:3.5m#exptimes Exposure time calculators] ==== TUI information ==== - [wiki:TUI#linux Python dependencies for linux users] ==== [wiki:data General data/reduction issues] ==== - [wiki:data#headers Using APO FITS header time cards in reduction] ==== ARC 3.5-m Instrument News Page ==== [http://www.apo.nmsu.edu/arc35m/Engineering/index.html Current issues and changes to the 3.5-m instrumentation. Also, a historical archive of instrument information since 2012.] ==== [wiki:ARCES ARCES (ARC Echelle Spectrograph)] ==== * [wiki:ARCES#linepos Variation of line positions with time] * [wiki:ARCES#RV techniques for radial velocities and RV precision] * [wiki:ARCES#resolution Resolution, LSF, and variations thereof] * [wiki:ARCES#reduction Data reduction] ==== [wiki:ARCTIC ARCTIC (ARC Telescope Imaging Camera)] ==== * [wiki:ARCTIC#cookbook ARCTIC Reductions Cookbook (DRAFT)] * [https://github.com/jwhueh/ARCTIC/tree/master/Reductions Joe Huehnerhoff Reduction Repository (GitHub)] * [https://github.com/kweis/arctic Kolby Weisenburger Reduction Pipeline (GitHub)] * [http://users.apo.nmsu.edu/~jwhueh/APOImager/imager.html Joe Huehnerhoff ARCTIC Engineering Documentation - Extensive] * [http://users.apo.nmsu.edu/~jwhueh/APOImager/quicklook.html QuickLook Software] * [wiki:ARCTIC#engineeringdocs ARCTIC Engineering Documentation] * [wiki:ARCTIC#quicklook Joe Huehnerhoff Quicklook Software] * [wiki:ARCTIC#diffuser Diffuser] ==== [wiki:DIS DIS (Dual imaging spectrograph)] ==== * [wiki:DIS#linepos Variation of line positions with rotator position] * [wiki:DIS#merging Experience merging the data from blue and red sides] * [wiki:DIS#RV Radial velocity precision] * [wiki:DIS#resolution Resolution, LSF, and variations thereof] * [wiki:DIS#slitmasks Using slit masks with DIS for multiobject spectroscopy] * [wiki:DIS#reduction Data reduction ] * [wiki:DIS#extinction APO extinction curve ] * [wiki:DIS#blue1000 DIS B1000 grating ] * [wiki:DIS#pdr DIS Upgrade PDR ] ==== [wiki:KOSMOS KOSMOS II (optical long slit spectrograph)] ==== ==== [wiki:NICFPS NICFPS (near-IR camera)] ==== * [wiki:NICFPS#reduction Data reduction ] ==== [wiki:SPICAM SPICAM (optical imager)] ==== * [wiki:SPICAM#photom Photometric zeropoints and transformations ] * [wiki:SPICAM#reduction Data reduction ] ==== [wiki:TRIPLESPEC TRIPLESPEC (near-IR spectrograph)] ==== * [wiki:TRIPLESPEC#reduction Data reduction ] ==== [wiki:Instruments Instrument upgrade / new instrument ideas] ==== * [wiki:Instruments#apogeefeed Fiber feed from 3.5m to SDSS/APOGEE] * [wiki:NewSpectrograph New spectrograph information] * [wiki:NewEchelle New echelle spectrograph information] == [wiki:ARCSAT ARCSAT (0.5m telescope)] ==