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Mookodi

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/* Suitable Uses */
*Spectroscopy
*Low-cadence imaging: the camera is not a frame transfer camera, and in normal operation exposures are readout after the closure of an iris shutter. The shutter is life-cycle limited and not suitable for high-cadence observations.
*High-cadence imaging: it is possible to deactivate the shutter and take continues exposure but users should be aware the camera is not a frame transfer camera and this mode will result in some readout smearing. There is currently also no GPS triggering of the exposures and that the times recorded in the header (Keyword = DATE-OBS) is obtained from the CPU time that is NTP synched. The header time is the start of the exposure and has been measured to be accurate within at least 100ms of exact time (see here TODO). '''NB. High cadence observing (e.g. multiple continues exposures with exposure times < 60sec) SHOULD NOT be done with the shutter on AUTO mode. It is very important to set the shutter to "ALWAYS OPEN" which will deactivate the shutter in the open state but flush the CCD before the start of each new exposure.Failure to do so will likely cause serious damage to the camera's shutter'''
== Operating Mookodi ==
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