Table of Contents

Mosaic Overview: At Least Read This!

Introduction

Instrument Overview

Philosophy and Structure of Manual

Supplemental Information: Other manuals and Web pages to look at

The Mosaic Hardware
The Mosaic CCDs

The Dewar

The Arcon Controllers

The CCD Shutter

The Filter Track

Filters For Mosaic

Operation of the Guider TVs

Correctors

Atmospheric Dispersion Corrector

Software

Logging in and firing up the Arcon/Mosaic software

Restarting the Arcon software

Shutting down the software and Logging out

OBSINIT

Re-starting the MSE and related software

Observe - The Only Command You Really Need to Know

Exposure Control Commands

Other Commands For Taking Data

Taking exposures of specified type

Getting more of the same

Taking a test exposure

Taking your flats the easy way

Grids and Dithering

Controlling the Data Capture Agent (DCA) on ctio4m

Evaluating, Recording, and Reducing Mosaic Images

Working with Mosaic Data Files

Displaying Mosaic Images, and Evaluating Mosaic Images at the Telescope.

Examining the Data

Recording Mosaic Data

The Reduction of Mosaic Images

Calibration Data to Obtain At the Telescope

Basic Image Reduction

The Variable Pixel Scale and Zero Point Uniformity

Stacking Mosaic Images

Appendix A: Miscellaneous Software Commands

Appendix B: Differential Refraction

Appendix C: Issues About Photometry

Flat-Field Exposures

Frequently Encountered Problems (FEP)

Image display fails to complete automatically.

At start-up, mysterious messages appear and pictures cannot be taken.

Data Doesn't Show Up on Reduction Computer.

"Echo" Images in adjacent CCD

Binning

Footnotes