Documentation

• Manuals: a list of all ING User Manuals available.
• Technical Notes: the current list available.
• Observers Guide: the latest news on this.

For the more technically orientated we also include links to the ING collection of Engineering Documentation

List of User Manuals

Please contact Bill Martin at RGO Cambridge for copies or contributions. [wlm@ast.cam.ac.uk]

The following manuals are available:

• VII SPECTROSCOPY WITH THE CCD ON THE INT - A USER GUIDE [Version 2.1] Elena and Roberto Terlevich and Phil Charles 1989 October
• VIII INT FAINT OBJECT SPECTROGRAPH - USER MANUAL [Version 2] Dave King,Mike Breare, Richard Ellis, Ian Parry, Alan Purvis 1992 May
• X JKT USER GUIDE [Version 3.1] Derek Jones, Bob Argyle, David Pike 1989 June
• XI THE ST ANDREWS RICHARDSON-BREALEY SPECTROGRAPH USER MANUAL [Version 2] R Edwin (St Andrews) 1988 September
• XII A USER GUIDE TO THE INT PRIME FOCUS CCD [Version 1.0] J V Wall, R A Laing, R W Argyle, R E Wallis 1989 September 14
• XVII WHT FAINT OBJECT SPECTROGRAPH - INTERIM USER MANUAL Durham & RGO 1988 January
• XVIII A USER GUIDE TO THE JKT CCD CAMERA R W Argyle, C J Mayer, C D Pike, P R Jorden 1988 February
• XIX LA PALMA DATA ARCHIVE USERS' MANUAL [Version 1] Ernst Raimond, Ger van Diepen (NFRA) 1989 June
• XX INT TELESCOPE USER MANUAL [Version 1.0] Ed Zuiderwijk, Derek Jones, Barbara Hassall (RGO) 1991 February
• XXI WHT SPECTROPOLARIMETRY USER MANUAL [Version 1] Jaap Tinbergen and rene Rutten 1992 July
• XXII ISIS ASTRONOMERS GUIDE [Version 1] R Clegg, D Carter, P Charles, J Dick, C Jenkins, D King, R Laing. 1992 August
• XXIV WHT - ISIS USER'S MANUAL [Version 1.0] D Carter, C Benn, R Rutten, J Breare, P Rudd, D King, R Clegg, V Dhillon, S Arribas, J-L Rasilla, A Garcia, C Jenkins, P Charles. 1993 October
• XXV WHT - LDSS-2 OBSERVERS' MANUAL [Version 1.0] Durham-RGO LDSS-2 team. 1993 December

Technical_notes

List of RGO/La Palma Technical Notes

The Technical Notes are available from Bill Martin (wlm@ast.cam.ac.uk) at RGO, Cambridge. I list only the more relevant ones.

• No 5 SEEING AT THE INT AND CATC: FIRST MONTH
  Paul Murdin and Chris Thoburn
  1984 July
  Seeing measurements from the INT and CATC during June and July 1984.
• No 9 GENERAL OPTICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE 4.2M WILLIAM HERSCHEL TELESCOPE
  Richard Bingham
  1984 September 7
• NO 21 COMMISSIONING RESULTS FOR THE ST.ANDREWS SPECTROGRAPH (JULY 1984)
  David Stickland
  1984 October 4
  Describes results of an eight night commissioning run in early July 1984 of the Richardson-Brearley Spectrograph on the JKT on La Palma
• NO 23 OPTICAL COATING FACILITY AT THE ROYAL GREENWICH OBSERVATORY
  David Jackson
  1985 February 2
  Describes the optical coater available in the Vacuum Physics Dept of the RGO. Coatings available include Silver, Aluminium and Anti-reflection
• NO 28 HOUR ANGLE LIMITS OF THE JKT
  Derek Jones
  1985 May 20
  Gives tables showing limiting hour-angles E and W as function of dec
• NO 29 CCD CRYOSTAT USE
  Paul Jorden
  1985 June 13
  Describes method of liquid nitrogen filling and temperature monitoring
• NO 31 ATMOSPHERIC EXTINCTION AT THE ROQUE DE LOS MUCHACHOS OBSERVATORY, LA PALMA
  D L King
  6 September 1985
  Wavelength dependence of atmospheric extinction is in process of being measured. A theoretical extinction curve is given, appropriate to the altitude and covering the spectral range 3000-11000A.
• NO 35 SPECTRUM OF THE COPPER NEON LAMP ON THE IDS
  D L Harmer and R Collyns
  28 November 1985
  Plots of the spectrum cover the wavelength region 320 to 970 nm, from IPCS and CCD data taken on the INT.
• NO 37 CCD FILTERS FOR USE ON LA PALMA [Version 2]
  P Jorden
  February 1988
  The specifications and profiles for 24 narrow and broad band filters to be used with the CCD on La Palma are given.
• NO 41 GEOLOGY AND METEOROLOGY OF SAHARA DUST
  Paul Murdin
  25 April 86
  As relevant to La Palma.
• NO 45 FILTER AND CHIP SPECTRAL-RESPONSE CURVES FOR LA PALMA
  C Benn, D Cooper
  20 January 1987
  Spectral response curves for RCA and GEC chips, KPNO BVRI and UBVRIZ filters are given.
• NO 47 STATISTICAL RESULTS FROM INT OBSERVATIONS CATALOGUE 1984-86
  C R Benn, R Martin
  4 February 1987
  The analysis relates to 491 nights of observations made at the INT during the period 22 may 1984 to 15 March 1986.
• NO 52 ARC MAPS FOR COPPER-ARGON LAMP ON THE INT SPECTROGRAPH
  D Harmer
  September 1983
  Cu-Ar arc maps for the IDS on the INT are given for the IPCS+500, IPCS+235 and CCD+235 Cameras with various gratings and angles.
• NO 54 SCHEDULING THE ING OF TELESCOPES WITH REFERENCE TO SERVICE AND OVERRIDE PROGRAMMES
  W L Martin
  January 1988
• NO 55 BASIC PARAMETERS OF CCDs IN USE AT LA PALMA [Version 3]
  P R Jorden
  Basic properties of the GEC and RCA CCDs, in use at LPO, are given. Parameters relevant to their use on different telescopes are tabulated.
  January 1988
• NO 56 ACQUISITION & GUIDER UNIT FOR THE CASSEGRAIN FOCUS OF THE 4.2M WILLIAM HERSCHEL TELESCOPE
  P A Ellis
  January 1988
• NO 57 CCD - DATA REDUCTION
  J E Sinclair
  May 1988
  Describes the corrections that should be applied for CCD photometry and the programmes available at RGO.
• NO 58 THE ALIGNMENT OF THE JACOBUS KAPTEYN TELECOPE OPTICS
  R E Wallis
  May 1988
• NO 63 CCD DETECTOR PERFORMANCE MONITORING AND DIAGNOSTICS
  P R Jorden
  December 1988
• NO 64 ACCURATE CALIBRATION OF FIELD DISTORTION OF THE JKT
  J E Sinclair
  January 1989
• NO 65 SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC STANDARDS
  J E Sinclair (RGO) R Wood (RGO)
  November 1989
• NO 69 LA PALMA DATA ARCHIVE PRIMER
  E J Zuiderwijk (LPUU,RGO and Groningen)
  June 1989
• NO 70 A SPECTRAL ATLAS OF CALIBRATION LAMPS IN USE WITH THE INT IDS
  E J Zuiderwijk (LPUU,RGO and Groningen) J Knapen (Groningen)
  October 1989
• NO 71 RISING AND SETTING TIMES FOR OBSERVATIONS WITH AN ALTAZIMUTH TELESCOPE
  R A Laing (RGO)
  13 November 1989
• NO 73 THE WHT HARRIS BVR GLASS COLOUR FILTER SET
  P Eldridge, D Jackson, J E Sinclair, S W Unger (RGO)
  4 January 1990
• NO 75 TRANSMISSION CURVES FOR WHT INTERFERENCE FILTERS
  S W Unger, J E Sinclair, D Jackson, P Eldridge (RGO)
  20 February 1990
• NO 76 WOOD'S ANOMALIES IN THE INT SPECTROGRAPH
  P G Murdin (RGO)
  14 March 1990
• NO 79 CCD FRAME-SIZE PARAMETERS (Version 1.0)
  P R Jorden (RGO)
  December 1990
• NO 81 GHRIL USER NOTES
  M N Devaney
  August 1991
• NO 82 THE NIGHT SKY SPECTRUM FROM LA PALMA
  Charles Jenkins and Steve Unger (RGO)
  October 1991
• NO 84 MAPS OF THE STANDARD ARC-LAMPS FOR THE WHT ISIS
  Janet Sinclair (RGO)
  July 1992
• NO 85 STANDARD STAR LISTS AVAILABLE AT THE ING (LA PALMA)
  Janet Sinclair, Robert Laing and Roger Wood
  July 1992
• NO 86 BETA-LIGHT SOURCES FOR CCD RESPONSE CALIBRATIONS
  P R Jordan, P Terry, A P Oates
  July 1992
• NO 87 THROUGHPUT OF THE WHT'S ISIS SPECTROGRAPH
  C R Jenkins, J E Sinclair, R E S Clegg
  July 1992
• NO 88 DIRECT MEASUREMENTS OF THE THROUGHPUT OF THE WHT'S ISIS SPECTROGRAPH
  C R Jenkins, P Terry
  July 1992
• NO 89 ING BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1992
  W L Martin (RGO)
  March 1993
• NO 90 TRANSMISSION CURVES FOR MORE WHT INTERFERENCE FILTERS
  P Terry, S W Unger, J E Sinclair (RGO)
  July 1993
• NO 91 UES SPECTRUM OF THORIUM-ARGON HOLLOW-CATHODE LAMP (31.6 g/mm)
  K Lipman, M Pettini, M Wall, N Walton (RGO)
  November 1993
• NO 92 NEW LARGE-FORMAT CCDS FOR THE ING
  A P Oates, P R Jorden (RGO)
  November 1993
• NO 93 ING CCDs - PROPERTIES OF OPERATIONAL CAMERAS
  P R Jorden (RGO)
  January 1994
• NO 94 ING BIBLIOGRAPHY - 1993
  W L Martin (RGO)
  March 1994
• NO 95 LANDOLT FAINT PHOTOMETRIC STANDARDS
  J Pilkington, J Sinclair, R Wood (RGO)
  July 1994
• NO 96 UPDATE ON FILTER CHARACTERISTICS FOR ING TELESCOPES
  R F Peletier (LPO)
  November 1994
• NO 97 ING BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PUBLICATION RATE (1994)
  W L Martin (RGO)
  May 1995
• NO 98 MORE MAPS OF WAVELEGTH CALIBRATION LAMPS FOR WHT ISIS
  Janet Sinclair (RGO)
  August 1995
• NO 99 EFFECTS CONTRIBUTING TO DARK CURRENT IN LORAL AND TEK CCDS
  Simon Tulloch (RGO)
  November 1995
• NO 100 SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC STANDARDS - II
  Janet Sinclair (RGO)
  January 1996
• NO 101 ING BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PUBLICATION RATE (1995)
  W L Martin and J E Sinclair (RGO)
  March 1996
• NO 102 ACHIEVING LIGHT-TIGHTNESS AT THE INT PRIME FOCUS CAMERA
  Marc Balcells (Groningen)
  March 1996
• NO 103 RESPONSE ENHANCEMENT FOR THE LORAL CCDS USING UV FLOODING
  A P Oates (RGO)
  July 1996
• NO 104 BAKING THE LORAL CCD AND CRYOSTAT TO REMOVE WATER VAPOUR
  A P Oates (RGO)
  July 1996
• NO 105 (Awaiting publication)
• NO 106 NEW CCD READOUT MODE (LSD MODE) WITH ABSOLUTE TIME STAMPING
  Derek Ives, Tony Bennett (RGO) and Frank Gribbin (LPO)
  July 1996
• NO 107 THE DESIGN AND USE OF LED LIGHT SOURCES FOR QE CALIBRATION
  Simon Tulloch (RGO)
  November 1996
• NO 108 DESIGN AND USE OF A NOVEL FLAT FIELD ILLUMINATION LIGHT SOURCE
  Simon Tulloch (RGO)
  November 1996
• NO 109 ING BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PUBLICATION RATE (1996)
  W L Martin and J E Sinclair (RGO)
  February 1997

Observers' Guide

The Observers Guide is the primary source of reference for users of the Isaac Newton Group of telescopes on La Palma. Its purpose is to provide enough information to formulate effective proposals for PATT or CAT.

See 'Manuals' page for www copy or a hard copy can be obtained from: wlm@ast.cam.ac.uk.