SofI Status and News Updates
On this page, we list the main changes that affected the instrument and this web site.
SofI Status
See also the Previous News Items.
- There was a successful SofI intervention to fix a vacuum leak in mid-April. The instrument is back in good condition. (Apr 2007)
- The small field and large field + focal elongator modes are decommissioned because of a persistent collimator problem; it is not planned to recommission them for now. (Feb 2007)
- New imaging templates AutoJitterRot and JitterRot are available starting P80; they allow to rotate the instrument between the exposures. (Feb 2007)
- FastPhotometry mode is available starting P80, only in Visitor Mode; it allows to carry out imaging observations with high time resolution, as high as 10-20 milisec, windowing the detector array down to 20-30 sq. pixels; contact the SofI instrument scientist for details. (Feb 2007)
Updates
See also Previous Updates.
- New bad pixel map (Jan 2009)
- New page for SofI Zero Point Trends (Oct 2008)
- New IR Spectral Library page (Dec 2007)
- SofI pipeline recipes are publicly available (Jul 2007)
- New detector linearity page (May 2007)
- New archive for detector non-linearity corrections (May 2007)
- New archive for distortion corrections for spectroscopy (May 2007)
- New archive for illumination
correction 4x4 imaging grids (May 2007)
- SOFI Users Manual v2.10 (Apr 2007)
- Quick-look data
reduciton tool page updated. (Dec 2006)
- SofI Pipeline Description (Sept 2006)
Press Releases
- Watching a Cannibal Galaxy Dine (Nov 20, 2009)
- Seeing through the Dark (Mar 07, 2008)
- Star Family Seen Through Dusty Fog (Mar 13, 2007)
- The Star, the Dwarf and the Planet (Oct 19, 2006)
- HD3651b - BD companion to a planet-hosting star, Click here for an animation. (Aug 28, 2006)
- W49 Press Photo (July 22, 2003)
- Dusty Disks around YSO in Orion (June 7, 2001)
- M17 Press Photo(September 14, 2000)
- Dark Cloud RCW 108 (October 27, 2000)
- Dark Cloud Barnard 68 (July 2, 1999)
- First Light Press Release (January 29, 1998)
