VAMPIRES Instrument Manual

Primary maintainer: Miles Lucas (mdlucas@hawaii.edu)

Welcome to the instrument manual and documentation for SCExAO/VAMPIRES. This documentation is a mix of technical instrument information, API documentation, procedures, and checklists. The documentation is built directly into the python package vampires_control, which is used for the VAMPIRES instrument control. Other important code repositories include device_control (hardware interfaces), swmain (SCExAO common tools), and others (TODO).

Warning: 🧪 Experimental and 🚧 Under Construction

vampires_control is still under development, and the API can change without notice. Use with your own caution (and consider contributing).

Contents

Getting Started

• Installation
• Getting Started
• API/Reference

Operating VAMPIRES

• Instrument Layout
• Cameras
• Camera Viewers
• Coronagraphs
• Device Control
• Data Acquisition
• Troubleshooting

Procedures

• Autofocusing
• Coronagraph Alignment
• Multiband Imaging

Observing with VAMPIRES

• Calibration Procedures
• Polarimetry
• Narrowband / SDI
• Post-observing Data Management
• Sorting, Selecting, and Processing VAMPIRES Data
• Frequently Asked Questions

License

vampires_control is licensed under the MIT open-source license. See LICENSE for more details.

Contributing and Support

If you would like to contribute, feel free to open a pull request. If you’re having problems with something, please open an issue.

Indices and Tables

• Index

• Module Index

• Search Page