Observer Hot Links

ESI Manual Quick Start A refresher for more experienced users. Calibrations Flux standards, lamp line plots and lists, etc. Telescope Tools FACSUM, guider eavesdrop, compass roses, and such. Troubleshooting A guide to common problems while observing with ESI. Software A description of the software components of ESI. Engineering Note for ISs and Technicians. Index The ESI master index. Under development!

Specifications Throughputs, field sizes, etc., including the Quick Reference information. Telescope and facility information Pointing limits, weather links, and more. Scripting ESI. Writing your own custom observing scripts. Backing up data Writing to Exabyte, FTPing. Post-Observing Comment Form Data reduction An introduction to reducing ESI data. PASP paper on ESI Sheinis et al. (2002), containing lots of ESI information. ESI Photo Gallery ESI images of interesting astronomical objects.