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<H3><FONT SIZE=+3>ING Information for Users</FONT></H3>
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<H4>Summary of <A HREF="instruments.html">available instrumentation
options</A></H4>
<p></center><b>If you are actually observing AT the telescope please see the
online documentation areas for the
<a href="http://www.ing.iac.es/~crb/wht/index.html">WHT</a>,
<a href="/Onhelp/INThelp.html">INT</a>, and
<a href="/Onhelp/JKThelp.html">JKT</a> </b></center>
<p>Use the on-line <b><a href="../library/welcome.html">LIBRARY</a></b>
home page for information about the ING library facilities, both
on-line and text based.
<P>The <B><A HREF="bulletin/ing_bull.new">ING Bulletin</A></B> is an
important source of breaking news concerning current developments at the
ING, especially with regard to instruments. Older issues can be found
<A HREF="bulletin/oldbul.html">here</A>.
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<P><B>At the end of your run please fill in this
<A HREF="../INGweb/feedbackform.html">feedback form </A>. </B></P>
<a href="#apply">
Applying for Telescope Time, Schedules and Archive Data </a><br>
<a href="#visnotes">
Notes for Visitors - getting to, and being at, the ING </a><br>
<a href="#planobs">
Planning and executing observations </a><br>
<a href="#a-z">
The A-Z of detailed technical information </a> (including Manuals, Filters)<br>
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<P><FONT SIZE=+1><a name="apply">Applying for Telescope Time, Schedules and
Archive Data</FONT></P>
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<LI><B><A HREF="../telapps.html">Applying for time</A> and
<A HREF="97Bnews.html">Important
Information for Semester 1997B</A> ING applicants. </B></LI>
<LI><B>Information on the ING <A HREF="../service/service.html">Service
Programme</A> including the status of the new service programme to be
introduced in semester 97A and copies of the service form. </B></LI>
<LI><B><A HREF="../schedules/schedule.html">Schedules</A> for the new
(97B) semester for the WHT, INT and JKT (also includes schedules for previous
semesters).</B> </LI>
<LI><B><A HREF="override.html">Overrides</A> which will be in force in Semester
97B.</B></LI>
<LI><B><A HREF="chiro.html">Lunar chiaroscuro</A> for La Palma for the current
and the next Semester</B></LI>
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<P><B><A HREF="../archive.html">Archive data</A> from the ING and how to
access it.</B></P>
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Notes for Visitors - getting to, and being at, the ING:</FONT>
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<LI><A HREF="../notes/travacc.html">travel and accommodation</A>, </LI>
<LI><A HREF="../notes/freight.html">freight</A>, </LI>
<LI><A HREF="http://ing.iac.es/notes/contacts.html">contact points</A>,
</LI>
<LI><A HREF="../notes/health.html">health</A> and
<A HREF="../notes/safety.html">safety</A> issues, </LI>
<LI><A HREF="/library/welcome.html">library </A>and
<A HREF="http://ing.iac.es/~cfg/mydoc.htm">computing facilities</A> </LI>
<LI><A HREF="../orm/slo.html">sea level base facilites</A>. <BR>
</LI>
</UL>
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Planning and executing observations </FONT>(including on-line
documentation for telescopes and instruments): </P>
<UL>
<LI><A HREF="../obsprep.html">preparing for the observations </A><BR>
</LI>
<LI>on-line observing notes for the:</LI>
<UL>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.ing.iac.es/~crb/WHT/index.html">WHT</A>, </LI>
<LI><A HREF="../Onhelp/INThelp.html">INT</A>, </LI>
<LI><A HREF="../Onhelp/JKThelp.html">JKT</A>. <BR>
</LI>
</UL>
<LI>Pointers for those last minute <A HREF="../Onhelp/Genhelp.html">finding
charts etc .</A></LI>
<UL>
<LI>Guide probe positions for stars from the HST Guide Star catalogue can
be found using the <A HREF="../lpinfo/gss/gss_man.html">Guide Star Server</A>
for any focal station on any of the ING telescopes. </LI>
<LI>There is a description of the <A HREF="../lpinfo/apmcat/apmcat.html">APM
Sky Catalogues</A>; catalogues of objects over most of the Northern and
part of the Southern sky, based on scans made with the
<A HREF="../lpinfo/apm/apm.html">Automated Plate measuring Machine
</A> of plates from the Palomar and UKST sky surveys.<BR>
</LI>
</UL>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~nao/ftpable.html">Moonlight diagrams
</A>for La Palma (ING), and various other observatories. </LI>
<LI>Information on the <A HREF="http://ing.iac.es/~nom/seeing.html">'seeing'
characteristics </A>of the La Palma site. </LI>
</UL>
<UL>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.iac.es/weather/latest/can.jpg">Up-to-the-minute
weather map</A> and other <A HREF="../weather.html">weather sources</A>
</LI>
</UL>
<H3><FONT SIZE=+0>Calibration information:</FONT></H3>
<UL>
<LI><A HREF="ftp://ftp.ast.cam.ac.uk/pub/lpinfo/linelists/">Line lists</A>
for the Copper-Argon and Copper-Neon calibration lamps for the
ISIS spectrograph.
</LI>
<LI>Arc maps from ISIS on the WHT,
<A HREF="../lpinfo/arclines/arcRCA.html">Blue
arm (IPCS detector)</A> (2400 line/mm grating, dispersion 0.08 Angstroms/pixel
and slit width 120 microns), and
<A HREF="http://ing.iac.es/lpinfo/arclines/arcGEC.html">Red
arm (GEC CCD detector)</A> (600 line/mm grating,
dispersion 0.73 Angstroms/pixel and slit width 120 microns). <BR>
</LI>
<LI>Tables of flux against wavelengths for some
<A HREF="ftp://ftp.ast.cam.ac.uk/pub/lpinfo/standards/">spectrophotometric
standards</A>. Jeremy Walsh at ST-ECF has compiled a very useful set of
pages with information on
<A HREF="http://www.eso.org/spect-phot-standards/optuvstandards.html">optical
and UV spectrophotometric standard stars</A>. </LI>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jes/">Flux lists</A> for many standards
(currently kept on-line at the RGO cambridge server) </LI>
<LI>There are <A HREF="../lpinfo/photstds.html">finding charts of some
of the new Landolt photometric standard sequences</A>.<BR>
</LI>
<LI>Extinction:
<A HREF="../lpinfo/wlext.html">La Palma extinction</A> values
as a function of wavelength.
Also tabulated
<A HREF="http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~dwe/SRF/camc_extinction.html">extinction
values in V </A></LI>
</UL>
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<P><FONT SIZE=+1>
<a name="a-z">The A-Z of detailed technical information </FONT>- look
first at the:</P>
<P><B><A HREF="http://ing.iac.es/~manuals/manmain.html">ING MANUAL Home
Page</A></B> - the index to the manuals of ING instruments/systems.<BR>
<BR>
The <B>
<A HREF="http://ing.iac.es/~quality/filter/newfiltdoc.html">ING Filter
Database </A></B>gives full information on all the filters in use at the
ING</P>
<UL>
<LI>List of available La Palma
<A HREF="../lpinfo/lpdocs.html">documentation</A>
and individual <A HREF="../lpinfo/technotes.html">Technical Notes</A> </LI>
<LI>Characteristics of the <A HREF="http://ing.iac.es/~quality/ccds.html">CCDs
in use on the La Palma Telescopes</A> </LI>
<LI>Information on the <A HREF="../lpinfo/ccdlink.html">CCD orientations</A>
at La Palma. </LI>
</UL>
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<ADDRESS>This page last updated: 22 April 1997 <BR>
</ADDRESS>
<ADDRESS>Nic Walton (<A HREF="mailto:webman@ing.iac.es">naw@ing.iac.es</A>)<BR>
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