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August 27, 2010, at 09:49 CET by leo -
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* [[filters | Acquisition filters]]
January 14, 2010, at 14:20 CET by leo -
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* [[http://www.eso.org/sci/observing/travel/index.html | ESO's travel form (fill out 2 months before the run)]]
November 10, 2009, at 16:16 CET by chummel -
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* [[http://www.eso.org/sci/observing/tools/bcr/bcr.html | IAU Bad Calibrator registry]] (at ESO, maintained by John Monnier, [[http://www.eso.org/~chummel/iau/iau.html | IAU workgroup on calibrators]])
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* [[http://www.eso.org/sci/observing/tools/bcr/bcr.html | IAU Bad Calibrator registry]] (at ESO, maintained by Christian Hummel, [[http://www.eso.org/~chummel/iau/iau.html | IAU workgroup on calibrators]])
July 20, 2009, at 09:54 CET by 149.217.40.222 -
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* [[http://archive.eso.org/eso/eso_archive_main.html | ESO Archive Query Form]]
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* [[http://archive.eso.org/wdb/wdb/eso/midi/form | ESO MIDI-specific archive-query form]]
* [[http://archive.eso.org/eso/eso_archive_main.html | General ESO Archive Query Form]]
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* [[http://www.eso.org/observing/dfo/quality/ALL/ | ESO MIDI Quality control and Health Check pages)]]
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* [[http://www.eso.org/projects/vlti/instru/midi/index.html | ESO MIDI instrument page]]
* [[http://www.eso.org/instruments/midi/ | ESO MIDI user page]]
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* [[http://www.eso.org/sci/facilities/paranal/instruments/midi/ | ESO MIDI page]]
July 20, 2009, at 09:40 CET by 149.217.40.222 -
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!!! Calibrators
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!!! Calibrators and Atmosphere
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* [[http://www.eso.org/sci/observing/tools/bcr/bcr.html | IAU Bad Calibrator registry]] (at ESO, maintained by John Monnier, [[http://www.eso.org/~chummel/iau/iau.html | IAU workgroup on calibrators]])
* [[http://www.astro.virginia.edu/~mfs4n/ir/atmtrans.html | IR atmospheric transmission spectra]]
June 24, 2009, at 17:27 CET by chummel -
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* [[http://www.sc.eso.org/~chummel/midi/ews/lab.html | Christian Hummel's page]]
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* [[http://www.eso.org/~chummel/midi/midi.html | Christian Hummel's page]]
April 30, 2009, at 19:50 CET by leo -
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* [[Wisdom]]
November 01, 2008, at 00:18 CET by rainer -
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* [[http://www.lsw.uni-heidelberg.de/users/rkoehler/Cheddar/ | Cheddar]]
October 30, 2008, at 17:26 CET by 132.229.223.6 -
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* [[http://www.eso.org/sci/facilities/paranal/instruments/midi/inst/filters.html | MIDI filter database]]
October 22, 2008, at 17:29 CET by leo -
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!!! MIDI
* [[http://www.mpia-hd.mpg.de/MIDISOFT/ | MIDISOFT-Webpage]]
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!!! MIDI links
* [[http://www.strw.leidenuniv.nl/~koehler/MIDI/ | Official MIA+EWS page at Sterrewacht Leiden]]
** [[http://www.strw.leidenuniv.nl/~koehler/MIA+EWS-daily-snapshot.html | MIA+EWS daily snapshot download page]]
* [[http://www.mpia-hd.mpg.de/MIDISOFT/ | MIDISOFT-Webpage at MPIA]]
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* [[http://www.sc.eso.org/~chummel/midi/ews/lab.html | Christian Hummel's page]]
* [[http://www.mpia-hd.mpg.de/MIDI/ | MIDI instrument page at MPIA]] with another [[http://www.mpia-hd.mpg.de/MIDI/Links.html | collection of links]]
* [[http://www.astron.nl/midi/ | MIDI at ASTRON]]
October 22, 2008, at 17:04 CET by leo -
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** username: e.g. GTOP76 (= period for which you want to access information)
** password: e.g. Nov05 (= begin of ESO semester + 1 month) [or did ESO semesters change from P77 to P80?]
October 21, 2008, at 11:12 CET by leo -
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!!! Catalogs
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!!! Archive and catalogs
* [[http://archive.eso.org/eso/eso_archive_main.html | ESO Archive Query Form]]
October 21, 2008, at 11:08 CET by leo -
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* [[http://www.eso.org/projects/vlti/instru/midi/index.html | ESO MIDI instrument page]]
* [[http://www.eso.org/instruments/midi/ | ESO MIDI user page]]
October 21, 2008, at 10:45 CET by leo -
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!! Useful Tools
* Catalogs
** [[http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-fid | Simbad - Query by identifier]]
** [[http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/aladin.gml | Aladin]]
** [[http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/ | NED Homepage]]
** [[http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/forms/byname.html | NED - Query by name]]
* [[http://www.eso.org/instruments/midi/tools/ | Flux / Magnitude Converter (N band)]]
* [[http://archive.eso.org/~amicol/java/scripts/flux.html | Flux / Magnitude Converter (general)]]
* [[uv_coverage]] (by Roy van Boekel): IDL script that gives info on which uv-points will be achieved under specified observation conditions
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!! Online Tools, links and script repository
!!! Catalogs
* [[http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-fid | Simbad - Query by identifier]]
* [[http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/aladin.gml | Aladin]]
* [[http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/ | NED Homepage]]
* [[http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/forms/byname.html | NED - Query by name]]
* [[http://archive.eso.org/cms/tools-documentation/skycat | ESO SkyCat]]
** [[SkyCat2MASS | Code for adding 2MASS catalog image search capability to SkyCat]]

!!! Flux / Magnitude converter
* [[http://www.eso.org/instruments/midi/tools/ | N band]]
* [[http://archive.eso.org/~amicol/java/scripts/flux.html | General (for point sources and extended sources, different photmetric systems)]]
* [[http://ssc.spitzer.caltech.edu/tools/magtojy/ | General (for point sources, more photometric systems)]]

!!! Calibrators
* [[http://www.eso.org/observing/etc/bin/gen/form?VIEW.CONFIG.ROOT=/home/web/eso/docs/observing/etc/doc/vlti/calibSelectHtml/++VIEW.APPLIC.HTM=inMain.htm++VIEW.APPLIC.DIC.HTM=loadVltiDic.htm | CalVin (online catalog of MIDI calibrator stars)]]
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* [[http://archive.eso.org/skycat/ | ESO SkyCat]]
** You will also need [[http://www.eso.org/observing/p2pp/P2PP-FC-cookbook.html | FIMS]] to produce ESO Finding Charts
** [[SkyCat2MASS | Code to add 2MASS catalog image search capability to SkyCat]]
* [[http://catserver.ing.iac.es/staralt/index.php | StarAlt]], a tool to calculate object altitudes
* Aspro
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!!! Observation preparation
* [[http://www.eso.org/observing/p2pp/P2PP-FC-cookbook.html | FIMS (to produce ESO Finding Charts)]]
* [[http://catserver.ing.iac.es/staralt/index.php | StarAlt, a tool to calculate object altitudes]]
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* [[http://archive.eso.org/wdb/wdb/eso/sched_rep_arc/form | ESO Observation Schedule Query Form]]
* [[http://www.eso.org/observing/etc/doc/vlti/baseline/vltistations.html | VLTI stations]]
* [[http://www.eso.org/observing/etc/bin/gen/form?VIEW.CONFIG.ROOT=/home/web/eso/docs/observing/etc/doc/vlti/calibSelectHtml/++VIEW.APPLIC.HTM=inMain.htm++VIEW.APPLIC.DIC.HTM=loadVltiDic.htm | CalVin (online catalog of MIDI calibrator stars)]]
* [[GoodToKnow | Good to know (Definitions, filter central wavelengths, ...)]]
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* [[http://www.jmmc.fr/aspro_page.htm | JMMC's Aspro]]
* [[uv_coverage]] (by Roy van Boekel): IDL script that gives info on which uv-points will be achieved under specified observation conditions

!!! MIDI
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!!! ESO / VLTI
* [[http://archive.eso.org/wdb/wdb/eso/sched_rep_arc/form | ESO Observation Schedule Query Form]]
* [[http://www.eso.org/observing/etc/doc/vlti/baseline/vltistations.html | VLTI stations]]
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!! At the telescope
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!!! At the telescope
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Preparation steps
* Collect source information on the [[Targets]] page. For a template, see e.g. [[CentaurusA]]
* Find out observability (LST / DL constraints) using [[Cheddar]]
* Produce staralt plots
* Produce uv_coverage plots
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!!! Other things
* [[GoodToKnow | Good to know (Definitions, filter central wavelengths, ...)]]
August 27, 2008, at 17:18 CET by 149.217.40.222 -
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!! Useful Tools
* Catalogs
** [[http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-fid | Simbad - Query by identifier]]
** [[http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/aladin.gml | Aladin]]
** [[http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/ | NED Homepage]]
** [[http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/forms/byname.html | NED - Query by name]]
* [[http://www.eso.org/instruments/midi/tools/ | Flux / Magnitude Converter (N band)]]
* [[http://archive.eso.org/~amicol/java/scripts/flux.html | Flux / Magnitude Converter (general)]]
* [[uv_coverage]] (by Roy van Boekel): IDL script that gives info on which uv-points will be achieved under specified observation conditions
* [[CALIBRATOR_FIND]] (by Roy van Boekel): IDL script to query MIDI calibrator star catalog, see also [[http://www.mpia-hd.mpg.de/MIDISOFT/calibs.html | calibs]]
* [[http://archive.eso.org/skycat/ | ESO SkyCat]]
** You will also need [[http://www.eso.org/observing/p2pp/P2PP-FC-cookbook.html | FIMS]] to produce ESO Finding Charts
** [[SkyCat2MASS | Code to add 2MASS catalog image search capability to SkyCat]]
* [[http://catserver.ing.iac.es/staralt/index.php | StarAlt]], a tool to calculate object altitudes
* Aspro
* [[http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/MoonPhase.php#y2008 | Moon Phases]]
* [[http://archive.eso.org/wdb/wdb/eso/sched_rep_arc/form | ESO Observation Schedule Query Form]]
* [[http://www.eso.org/observing/etc/doc/vlti/baseline/vltistations.html | VLTI stations]]
* [[http://www.eso.org/observing/etc/bin/gen/form?VIEW.CONFIG.ROOT=/home/web/eso/docs/observing/etc/doc/vlti/calibSelectHtml/++VIEW.APPLIC.HTM=inMain.htm++VIEW.APPLIC.DIC.HTM=loadVltiDic.htm | CalVin (online catalog of MIDI calibrator stars)]]
* [[GoodToKnow | Good to know (Definitions, filter central wavelengths, ...)]]
* [[http://www.mpia-hd.mpg.de/MIDISOFT/ | MIDISOFT-Webpage]]
** username: e.g. GTOP76 (= period for which you want to access information)
** password: e.g. Nov05 (= begin of ESO semester + 1 month) [or did ESO semesters change from P77 to P80?]
* [[VLTIsystems | Description of VLTI subsystems: limiting magnitudes / band of MACAO, IRIS]]

!! At the telescope
* [[http://www.eso.org/observing/p2pp/ProgChange/ | Target Change Request (additional or backup targets)]]
* VLT Controlroom: Printer IP addresses:
** HP LaserJet 4250dtn: 134.171.187.182
** HP LaserJet 4350dtn: 134.171.224.96
** ColorLaser: 134.171.187.173
* [[http://www.eso.org/paranal/sciops/ | Paranal Science Operations Website]]
** [[http://archive.eso.org/asm/ambient-server?site=paranal | Ambient Conditions Database]]
** [[http://www.ls.eso.org/lasilla/dimm/meteo.html | Weather Forecasts]] / for [[http://www.eso.org/gen-fac/pubs/astclim/forecast/meteo/ | Advanced Users (including wind speed)]]
Preparation steps
* Collect source information on the [[Targets]] page. For a template, see e.g. [[CentaurusA]]
* Find out observability (LST / DL constraints) using [[Cheddar]]
* Produce staralt plots
* Produce uv_coverage plots
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