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Observing Procedures

• Observing with one or two CCDs
  • TV Focus
  • Instrument Calibration Data
  • Acquiring data on the sky
  • Acquiring faint objects
  • Acquiring guide stars
  • Wavelength Calibration
• Observing with IPCS only or with CCD and IPCS
  • TV Focus
  • Switching on the IPCS EHT voltage
  • Instrument Calibration Data
  • Acquiring data on the sky
• Time-resolved observations with ISIS
  • Sources of dead-time
  • Reducing dead-time
  • Future developments
  • A note on accurate time and ISIS
• Observing with FOS
  • Data reduction
• Spectropolarimetry
  • How to derive the Stokes parameters
  • Imaging Polarimetry
• Observing with Fibres
  • Telescope focusing on the aperture plate.
  • Adjustment of the rotator axis and orientation.
  • Field acquisition
  • Calibration
  • Data reduction