Table of Contents

• Chapter 1: Introduction
  • History of Project Redeye
  • Overview of This Manual
• Chapter 2: Instrument Performance
  • Redeye Performance Specifications
  • Detectors
  • Unusual Detector Characteristics
    • Residual Images
    • Amplifier Glow
    • Reset Anomaly
    • Nonlinear Dark Current
  • Optics
  • AR Coatings
  • Measured Image Quality
  • Background and Throughput
  • References
• Chapter 3: Instrument Design and Setup
  • Redeye Design Summary
  • Cryostats
  • Optical Design Summary
    • Adjusting Redeye's Internal Focus
  • Mounting the Redeye Dewar
  • Filling Redeye with LN2
  • Array Temperature Control
    • Manual Array Temperature Monitoring
  • Gen III Controller - System Overview
    • Features and Design
    • Digital Timing Board
    • Analog Read-out Board
    • Backplane and Power Supply
    • Detailed Specifications
  • References
• Chapter 4: Filters
  • Overview of Filters
  • Mounting Filters in Redeye
  • Manual Override of Filter Wheel Controller
  • Stock Filter Specifications
  • Filter Curves
• Chapter 5: Photometry
  • Infrared Photometry Guidelines
  • References
  • Elias Standards
  • UKIRT Faint Standards
• Chapter 6: Pegasus User Interface
  • Pegasus Overview
  • User Interface Session Layout
    • The Command Menu Bar
    • Feedback Window
    • Clock, Disk Meter, and CPU Meter
    • Console Window
    • Image and Forms Location
  • Interacting with the User Interface
    • Mouse Control
    • Active Window
    • Menu Usage
    • Control Buttons
    • Text Fields
    • Selection Buttons
    • Status Icons
    • Getting Help
  • Adjusting Your Environment
    • Moving Windows
    • Resizing and Layering Windows
    • Iconifying a Window
  • Summary of Tools
  • Expose
  • Filter Control
  • Modes
  • Image
    • Modifying Image Scaling
    • Pan and Zoom
  • Graph
  • IQE (Image Quality Evaluation)
    • Subraster Options
  • Files
  • Aloha
• Chapter 7: Observing Techniques
  • Observing Techinques
    • Dark Frames
    • Flat Fields
    • Sky Frames
  • Data Reduction
  • Infrared Sky Brighness from Moonlight
  • References