StanCam GAIN and RON test instructions
(~10 minutes total time)
Taking images
- Check that all lights are off in the dome, with 'camara' for example
- Turn on 'camara illumination' in the control room, right from the
autoguider monitor
- Open mirror covers o-m-c
- Put CCD Probe to center c-p-c
- Choose filter-position 0 (no filter)
- Start StanCam sequencer
- StanCam sequencer: stancam.qc-script
- sequence takes 1 dark (not saved), 2 15 second flats (saved),
1 dark (not saved) and 2 darks (saved), runtime 5 mins
- while reading out flats, check that light level is OK (~20k ADU), if not modify script
- analyses the images
- check here for nice pictures
- Put CCD Probe to park c-p-p
- Close mirror covers c-m-c
- Turn off 'camara illumination'
- analysing existing images use stancam.gainron
How analysing scripts work
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