Subject: instrument offsets

From: Karen Gloria

Submitted: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 01:08:49 -0600 (MDT)

Message number: 356 (previous: 355, next: 357 up: Index)

Here is something I've put togther that may be of some help to observers.
I will post this on our web site.

- Karen G.


Instrument Orientations and Offset Directions


IRAF View

This is the orientation of the image as viewed in an image display
via IRAF (e.g. ximtool, saoimage).  Note: This is different from the
orentation of the image as viewed on a Macintosh, via Remark.  Scroll
down the page for the Macintosh orientation.

A +X, +Y instrument offset will move a star in the direction indicated
by the arrows.  Directions of East and North are given for 0 degrees
object rotation.  Note: The offset direction depends upon which
interface the offset command was issued in!

INTERFACE:         TCC               MC              REMARK

GrIm2          -----------       -----------       -----------
f/5           |           |     |     ^     |     |     ^     |
              |      x    |     |    y|     |     |     |y    |
              |     *-->  |E    |     *-->  |E    |  <--*     |E
              |    y|     |     |      x    |     |    x      |
              |     V     |     |           |     |           |
               -----------       -----------       -----------
                    N                 N                 N

                    N                 N                 N
GrIm2          -----------       -----------       -----------
f/10,         |     ^     |     |           |     |           |
f/20          |    y|     |     |      x    |     |    x      |
              |     *-->  |E    |     *-->  |E    |  <--*     |E
              |      x    |     |    y|     |     |     |y    |
              |           |     |     V     |     |     V     |
               -----------       -----------       -----------


                    N                 N                 N
SPIcam         -----------       -----------       -----------
              |     ^     |     |           |     |           |
              |    y|     |     |      x    |     |    x      |
             E|     *-->  |    E|     *-->  |    E|  <--*     |
              |      x    |     |    y|     |     |     |y    |
              |           |     |     V     |     |     V     |
               -----------       -----------       -----------



DIS            -----------       -----------       -----------
              |           |     |     ^     |     |     ^     |
              |    x      |     |     |y    |     |    y|     |
             E|  <--*     |    E|  <--*     |    E|     *-->  |
              |     |y    |     |    x      |     |      x    |
              |     V     |     |           |     |           |
               -----------       -----------       -----------
                    N                 N                 N


DIS            -----------       -----------       -----------
slit cam      |           |     |     ^     |     |     ^     |
              |      x    |     |    y|     |     |     |y    |
              |     *-->  |E    |     *-->  |E    |  <--*     |E
              |    y|     |     |      x    |     |    x      |
              |     V     |     |           |     |           |
               -----------       -----------       -----------
                    N                 N                 N


Echelle        -----------       -----------       -----------
slit cam      |     ^     |     |           |     |           |
              |    y|     |     |      x    |     |    x      |
              |     *-->  |     |     *-->  |     |  <--*     |
              |      x    |     |    y|     |     |     |y    |
              |           |     |     V     |     |     V     |
               -----------       -----------       -----------



AOTF           -----------       -----------       -----------
              |           |     |     ^     |     |     ^     |
              |      x    |     |    y|     |     |     |y    |
              |     *-->  |     |     *-->  |     |  <--*     |
              |    y|     |     |      x    |     |    x      |
              |     V     |     |           |     |           |
               -----------       -----------       -----------





MACINTOSH View

This is the orientation of the image as viewed on a Macintosh
(i.e. as displayed by Remark).  Note: This is different from the
orentation of the image as viewed by IRAF.  Scroll up the page for the
IRAF orientation.

A +X, +Y instrument offset will move a star in the direction indicated
by the arrows.  Directions of East and North are given for 0 degrees
object rotation.  Note: The offset direction depends upon which
interface the offset command was issued in!

INTERFACE:         TCC               MC              REMARK

                    N                 N                 N
GrIm2          -----------       -----------       -----------
f/5           |     ^     |     |           |     |           |
              |    y|     |     |      x    |     |    x      |
              |     *-->  |E    |     *-->  |E    |  <--*     |E
              |      x    |     |    y|     |     |     |y    |
              |           |     |     V     |     |     V     |
               -----------       -----------       -----------



GrIm2          -----------       -----------       -----------
f/10,         |           |     |     ^     |     |     ^     |
f/20          |      x    |     |    y|     |     |     |y    |
              |     *-->  |E    |     *-->  |E    |  <--*     |E
              |    y|     |     |      x    |     |    x      |
              |     V     |     |           |     |           |
               -----------       -----------       -----------
                    N                 N                 N

                    N                 N                 N
DIS            -----------       -----------       -----------
              |     ^     |     |           |     |           |
              |     |y    |     |    x      |     |      x    |
             E|  <--*     |    E|  <--*     |    E|     *-->  |
              |    x      |     |     |y    |     |    y|     |
              |           |     |     V     |     |     V     |
               -----------       -----------       -----------



Echelle        -----------       -----------       -----------
slit cam      |           |     |     ^     |     |     ^     |
              |      x    |     |    y|     |     |     |y    |
              |     *-->  |     |     *-->  |     |  <--*     |
              |    y|     |     |      x    |     |    x      |
              |     V     |     |           |     |           |
               -----------       -----------       -----------




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