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Position angle
Position angle and separation
Enter J2000 coordinates, allow formats (RA Dec):
18:10:00.84 -10:00:15.12
18 10 00.84 -10 00 15.12
18.1669h -10.0042
272.5035d -10.0042

#1   RA:   Dec:
#2   RA:    Dec:

Slit lengths of ING instruments (in arcmin): ACAM: 5.8, ISISB: 3.2, ISISR: 3.5, LIRIS: 4.2, IDS: 3.3.
Resolutions
Spectral resolution and resolving power
InstrumentDispersor (Blaze wav.)Detector
ACAM
AF2
IDS
INTEGRAL
ISISB
ISISR
LIRIS

Slit width: arcsec (leave blank for a list of values)
Wavelength: Å

Offset stars
Search
Enter J2000 coordinates in sexagesimal (e.g. 18:00:01.00, 18 00 01.00) or decimal format (18.0h, 270.004166667):

RA: Dec:

Maximum B magnitude:
Search radius: arcmin. Max. radius: 20 (WHT), 8 (INT).

Catalog:

More information: ING blind-offset stars requirements. Other catalogs: MAST Portal | USNO URAT Parallax Catalog.

Dispersion refraction
Angle of refraction
Plot of angle of refraction vs wavelength for different values or airmass.
Parallactic angle
Plot of parallactic angle vs hour angle.

Parallactic angle calculator (including instrument limits and refraction):

RA: Dec: J2000.0
Format can be either sexagesimal (e.g. 18:00:01.00, 18 00 01.00) or decimal (e.g. 18.0h, 270.004166667).

Start UT:      : hh:mm

Time span: hours.   Step:   Size:

Instrument:

Sky position angle (North to East): °

DIMM seeing: arcsec

Central wavelength: Å

Other predictors:
GTC atmospheric refraction calculator.

Signal-to-noise ratio
SIGNAL
SIGNAL can calculate the signal-to-noise ratio for a given instrument configuration and a number of parameters, that include slit width, target magnitude and observing conditions (seeing, airmass, sky brightness).
Coordinate convertors
Tools



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