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SPUPNIC

3 bytes removed, 01:39, 14 December 2016
/* Setting up the slit position on the TCS - using the SpUpNIC Control GUI */
* Turn off slit illumination.
* Click on the icon [[File:Potcamicon.jpg|40px]] for the rear of slit camera (on the left-hand side of Monitor 1).
* An image window for the rear-of-slit camera will pop up. This looks up at the slit from below, to enable you to check that your star is centred on the slit. Move the telescope such that the star falls on the centre of the slit image in both x and y. [[File:rear-of-slitslit_view.png|thumbnail]]
* Move the rear-of-slit mirror out of the beam and take a test spectrum (e.g. 20 seconds) of the bright star (in the ''Exposure/CCD info'' pane, select ''Exposure type'' = SCIENCE from the drop-down menu, enter ''20'' in ''Exposure time'' and click ''Expose'').
* The resulting image will be displayed on the Quick-Look GUI, on Monitor 2. You are aiming for the spectrum to fall on approximately the central row of pixels within the image area (note that this is a roughly central band that only covers about half the vertical extent of the CCD). If the spectrum is too high or low, move the telescope slightly in RA (the RA- button moves the spectrum downwards in the image), iterate until the star is well positioned.
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