UVES News

• 22/05/2008: update of the UVES data reduction cookbook for the MIDAS pipeline version 2.9.7 (see here).

• 20/06/2007: the new UVES pipeline version 3.3.1, based on CPL, has been released to support echelle data reduction.

• 09/02/2007: Ultra Fast Readout mode (Red Arm only, 1x1 binning, low gain) added to the UVES Exposure Time Calculator (v3.1.1).

• 01/09/2005: A set of eight interference filters for long-slit spectroscopy of extended objects is offered for the first time in P77 (in visitor mode only).

• 01/06/2005: Starting in P76, the red arm setting with central wavelength 600nm can be used in service mode without the Iodine Cell.

• 01/06/2005: Due to the unavailability of a red arm setting with central wavelength 760nm, the possibility of using the combination of Image Slicer #3 with Dichroic #2 has been implemented.

• 01/04/2005: Three new standard Dichroic settings with 760 nm have been implemented for use starting in P75: Dic#2 346+760, 390+760 and 437+760.

• 20/10/2004: The scientific CCD for the UVES blue arm has been exchanged with a new one, called Pavarotti. Information about the new CCD is given in the UVES User Manual (Issue 2).
  Both the data obtained with the new and the old CCD can be processed with the new UVES pipeline, version 2.2.0. The latest pipeline version is available here.

• 01/04/2004: The RRM is offered for UVES in service mode since the beginning of P73. Starting in P75, it is also possible to trigger during visitor mode observations.
  Detailed information on the RRM is given on the USD RRM webpage.

• 01/04/2004: The format of the Red UVES (and FLAMES-UVES) raw files has changed. The new format is a FITS file with one extension per detector, i.e. the two Red CCD images are now split. The new format cannot be processed with UVES pipeline versions older than 2.1.