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Online Tools, links and script repository

Archive and catalogs

• ESO MIDI-specific archive-query form
• General ESO Archive Query Form
• Simbad - Query by identifier
• Aladin
• NED Homepage
• NED - Query by name
• ESO SkyCat
  • Code for adding 2MASS catalog image search capability to SkyCat

Flux / Magnitude converter

• N band
• General (for point sources and extended sources, different photmetric systems)
• General (for point sources, more photometric systems)

Calibrators and Atmosphere

• CalVin (online catalog of MIDI calibrator stars)
• CALIBRATOR_FIND (by Roy van Boekel): IDL script to query MIDI calibrator star catalog, see also calibs
• IAU Bad Calibrator registry (at ESO, maintained by Christian Hummel, IAU workgroup on calibrators)
• IR atmospheric transmission spectra
• ESO MIDI Quality control and Health Check pages)

Observation preparation

• ESO's travel form (fill out 2 months before the run)
• Wisdom
• FIMS (to produce ESO Finding Charts)
• StarAlt, a tool to calculate object altitudes
• Moon Phases
• Cheddar
• 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
• Acquisition filters

MIDI links

• Official MIA+EWS page at Sterrewacht Leiden
  • MIA+EWS daily snapshot download page
• MIDISOFT-Webpage at MPIA
• ESO MIDI page
• Christian Hummel's page
• MIDI instrument page at MPIA with another collection of links
• MIDI at ASTRON
• MIDI filter database

ESO / VLTI

• ESO Observation Schedule Query Form
• VLTI stations
• Description of VLTI subsystems: limiting magnitudes / band of MACAO, IRIS

At the telescope

• 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
• Paranal Science Operations Website
  • Ambient Conditions Database
  • Weather Forecasts / for Advanced Users (including wind speed)

Other things

• Good to know (Definitions, filter central wavelengths, ...)