MLO CLASSI Spectrograph
  • Getting started
    • Choose a path
    • Software layout
    • Environment strategy
    • Which package do I need?
  • Instrument user manual
    • Instrument overview
      • Purpose and scope
      • System at a glance
      • Operational subsystems
      • Primary data products
      • Where to go next
    • Instrument and software architecture
      • Physical signal path
      • Control and data boundaries
      • Scientific data flow
      • Instrument model
      • Fiber geometry
      • Hardware-control boundary
      • Configuration ownership
    • Planning an observation
      • Inputs
      • Throughput accounting
      • Recommended workflow
    • Simulating detector data
      • Inputs and units
      • Detector sampling
      • Optical geometry
      • Image formation
    • Operating the instrument
      • Before the night
      • Startup and health check
      • Development versus deployment
      • Science exposures
      • Calibrations
      • Focus and alignment checks
      • End of night
      • Fault handling
      • ACE Alpaca bridge
      • Operational caution
    • Reducing spectrograms
      • Core workflow
      • Masks and uncertainties
      • Trace extraction
      • Output rebinning and quicklooks
      • Multi-fiber products
      • Validation with the simulator
    • Observation lifecycle
      • Before the night
      • At the telescope
      • After acquisition
      • Reproducibility
  • Instrument hardware
    • Fiber: Thorlabs FG105LVA
      • Vendor resources
    • Collimator: Thorlabs AC508-180-AB-ML
      • Vendor resources
    • Order blocking filter: Thorlabs FGL400S
      • Vendor resources
    • Grating: Newport 270R, master 1294
      • Vendor resources
    • Grating mount: Newport DGA-50
      • Vendor resources
    • Camera lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2 USM
      • Vendor resources
    • Lens controller: Pinefeat CEF
      • Operational notes
      • Vendor resources
    • Camera: FLI Aurora AR571
      • Vendor resources
  • Packages and services
    • ETC
      • Purpose
      • Installation and launch
      • Primary interface
      • Desktop GUI
      • Result structure
      • Example
      • Data dependency
    • Simulator
      • Purpose
      • Core objects
      • Example configuration
      • Multi-fiber spectra
    • Pipeline
      • Purpose
      • Installation and command line
      • Processing levels
      • Primary extraction interface
      • Masks and variance
      • Per-fiber outputs
    • shared-data
      • Purpose
      • Package layout
      • Accessing packaged files
      • What belongs here?
    • Instrument control system
      • Purpose
      • Installation and launch
      • Backend selection
      • Web application
      • Configuration
      • FITS metadata
    • ACE Alpaca bridge
      • Purpose
      • Device mapping
      • Installation and configuration
      • Security and protocol boundary
  • Reference
    • Conventions
      • Units
      • Array orientation
      • Spectral arrays
      • Wavelength direction
      • Masks
    • Data products
      • Raw detector frames
      • ICS header conventions
      • Calibrated detector frames
      • Extracted spectra
      • Simulation products
  • Development and documentation maintenance
    • Repository boundaries
    • Shared data
    • Documentation updates
    • Building the docs
    • Scientific regression tests
    • Future API documentation
MLO CLASSI Spectrograph
  • Reference
  • Edit on GitHub

Reference

  • Conventions
    • Units
    • Array orientation
    • Spectral arrays
    • Wavelength direction
    • Masks
  • Data products
    • Raw detector frames
    • ICS header conventions
    • Calibrated detector frames
    • Extracted spectra
    • Simulation products
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