The Oxford SWIFT Spectrograph

SWIFT User Manuals

There are three user manuals, one that describes the detector sub-system's operation, the second describes the operation of the rest of the instrument, and the third describes how to use the off-axis gudier. Please contact the authors if you would like to comment about the content (and its accuracy)!

• SWIFT Operations Manual by Fraser Clarke: Version 2.2 (October 2016)
 
• SWIFT Guider Manual by Fraser Clarke: Version 2.3 (October 2016)

In addition, there are a number of other informative documents for the SWIFT observer

• ArcVIEW Command Reference by Fraser Clarke (ArcView is the LabVIEW based instrument control package developed for Palomar)
 
• SWIFT cheat sheet by Fraser Clarke (1 page list of useful commands)
 
• Calibration exposure settings by Fraser Clarke (exposure times needed for most standard calibrations)

When SWIFT is to be installed / dismounted from the telescope, you might want to refer to

• SWIFT Installation Manual

The user manual for the IRAF based SWIFT pipeline is here.