NaCo Documentation

In this page, you will find all the manuals needed to prepare and analyze your observations with NaCo.
Please be sure to download the one corresponding to the period in which the observations will take place.

All the manuals are in Adobe's Acrobat format.

• NaCo User's Manual
  All the informations about the instrument itself, its modes and their characteristics. Full templates description can also be found in this manual.
  • Period 82 to be used for Phase II preparation of observations in the period [October 2008 - March 2009].This manual was updated on July 28th to explain the new use of the Return to Origin? flag in some templates.
  • Period 81 and 82, to be used for Phase II preparation of observations for the period [Apr. 2008 - Sep. 2008]. Can be used for Phase I preparation of P82 observations, with the exception of the new modes, which are still pending commissioning.
• NaCo calibration plan
  A variety of calibration frames are taken, archived and updated at regular intervals. This document gives a detailed information on the calibration templates, systematic calibrations taken by Paranal Staff and others to be required (day and night time calibrations).
  • Period 80, to be used for preparation of Phase II OBs for P80 and P81.
• NaCo Data Reduction Cookbook
  The data reduction cookbook, 24 Dec. 2007, by N. Ageorges.