CRIRES Documentation
Please cite the CRIRES reference articles when using CRIRES data:
- Original CRIRES: Käufl et al. 2004, SPIE 5492, 1218
- Ugraded CRIRES (since 2021): Käufl et al. 2004, SPIE 5492, 1218, Dorn, R.J. et al., 2014, ESO Msngr, 156, 7 and Dorn, R.J et al., 2023, A&A, 671, 24.
Additional information is provided for MACAO (Paufique et al. 2004, SPIE 5490, 216) and the original CRIRES InSb-detector mosaic (Dorn et al. 2006, SPIE 5499, 510).
In the following, you will find all the manuals needed to prepare and analyze your observations with CRIRES. Please be sure to download the manual corresponding to the period in which the observations will take place. All the manuals are in pdf-format.
CRIRES User Manuals (after 2020)
- for Period 115, Phase 2 (v115.1)
- for Period 114, Phase 2 (v114.2) - also valid for Phase1 P115.
- for Period 113, Phase 2 (v113.1)
- for Period 112, Phase 2 (v112.1)
- for Period 111, Phase 2 (v111.3)
- for Period 110, Phase 2 (v110.2)
- for Period 109, Phase 2 (v109.4)
- for Period 108, Phase 2 (v108.2)
OLD CRIRES User Manuals (pre-upgrade, until 2014)
- for Period 93, Phase 2 (v93.2)
- for Period 92, Phase 2 (v92.2)
- for Period 91, Phase 2 (v91.2)
- for Period 90, Phase 1 (v90.2)
- for Period 89, Phase 2 (v89.2)
- for Period 88, Phase 2 (v88.4)
- for Period 87, Phase 2 (v87.3)
- for Period 86, Phase 2 (v86.2)
- for Period 85, Phase 2 (v85.2)
- for Period 84, Phase 2 (v84.2)
- for Period 83, Phase 2 (v83.2)
Data Reduction
- upgraded instrument: CRIRES Pipeline cr2res (data taken after 2020)
- original instrument: CRIRES Data Reduction FAQs and Data Reduction Cookbook, Period 93 (v93.1), until 2014)