Documentation

In this page, you will find all the manuals needed to prepare and analyze your observations with FORS2. Please be sure to download that corresponding to the period in which the observations will take place.

All the manuals are in Adobe's Acrobat format.

  • FORS2 User's Manual
    All the informations about the instrument itself, its modes and their characteristics.
    • Period 91, for observations during the current period.
  • FORS2 Template User Manual
    Detailed information on the acquisition, observation, and calibration templates.
    • Period 91, for observations during the current period.
  • FORS2 FIMS User Manual
    Detailed information on the Instrumental Mask Simulator software tool to prepare precise target acquisitions at Phase 2
    • Period 91, for observations during the current period.
  • FORS1+2 Data Reduction Cookbook
    A detailed set of guidelines for overcoming common problems with reducing FORS data
    • Version 1, to be used for data from all periods.
  • FORS1+2 Pipeline
    The various pipeline recipes to reduce FORS data are available here.
  • FORS2 Absolute Photometry Project
    Detailed information on the FORS Absolute Photometry (FAP) project, whose goal is to produce a 3% absolute photometric accuracy,
    if nights are photometric (see Freundling et al., 2006).