Visible spEctroGraph and polArimeter : VEGA on CHARA
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General informations
CHARA baselines
Baselines and VEGA beams
Table of the VEGA offsets (may 2008)
Useful links
Seeing predictions (Clear Sky)
Weather forecast for Mt Wilson
Current weather conditions
National Weather Service
Jet stream map
CHARA website
TowerCam
Preparing the observations:
VEGA_PLAN_MANUAL
Bad calibrators database
The VEGA_PLAN software (IDL) could be downloaded here:
VEGA_PLAN.zip
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update: april 8th 2010
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VEGA Observing modes and performances (2009-I)
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update: january 20th 2009
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Naming the observing blocks
(update september 15th 2009
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Alignment procedures:
Aligning VEGA-CHARA
CHARA ALIGNEMENT PROCEDURE
(+ Version from MIRC team)
Observing with VEGA/CHARA
Strategy for a correct preparation of the night
Model for the night schedule
VEGA_USER_MANUAL
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update: june 14th 2010
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Table of offsets and Coef
VEGA/CHARA recipes
CHARA Array Users' Page (password required)
blank observing sheet (Excel)
Data Reduction
VEGA DATA REDUCTION:
User's Manual
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Version 5.5 update: november 21th, 2009
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Powerpoint presentation (
recent
old
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Preliminary VEGA User Manual
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Note for CrossSpectrum Analysis
old GI2T user manual
old GI2T conception manual
Reference spectrum of the ThAR source (caution, this is not the VEGA one...)
Plot of the VEGA ThAR source with annotations
Some classical configurations for the spectral calibration:
R1-656 (ALGOLR)
R1-656 (ALGOLB)
R2-656 (ALGOLR)
R2-656 (ALGOLB)
R3-650
VEGA Data Situation
General TABLE
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update on december 15th 2009
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