AMBER Documentation

In this page, you will find all the manuals needed to prepare your observations with AMBER. Please be sure to download that corresponding to the period in which the observations will take place. For documentation on the AMBER data reduction check out the Tools section.

AMBER User Manual

Information on the instrument, its modes and characteristics.

• Period 90, to be used for the P90 call for proposal, deadline March 31st, 2012.
• Period 91, to be used for the P91 call for proposal, deadline Sept 27th, 2012.
• Period 92, to be used for the P92 call for proposal, deadline March 27th, 2013.

VLTI User Manual

The VLTI User Manual is to be used in addition to the AMBER manual for VLTI aspects and limits common to all instruments:

• VLTI User Manual for Period 90
• VLTI User Manual for Period 91
• VLTI User Manual for Period 92

AMBER Template User Manual

Detailed information on the acquisition and observation templates.

• Period 89, to be used for the P89 P2PP stage.
• Period 90, to be used for the P90 P2PP stage.
• Period 91, to be used for the P91 P2PP stage.

AMBER P2PP Tutorial

A detailed tutorial on the AMBER specifics for P2PP P80 can be found at:

• https://www.eso.org/sci/observing/phase2/SMGuidelines/Documentation/P2PPTutorialAMBER.html.