List of Tables

• Currently-available AAO users' manuals
• Accommodation near the AAO Epping Laboratory
• Geometrical image diameter at the AAT
• Nominal optical data for Cassegrain and coudé foci
• Details of the Schmidt Telescope
• UV transmission of doublet corrector
• Dispersions and effective resolutions for the four prism combinations
• Broadband filters available
• Gratings available with the RGO spectrograph
• FORS system parameters
• Taurus II etalons
• Physical properties of AAT CCDs
• CCD applications
• Readout parameters for the RCA CCD
• Readout parameters for the GEC CCDs
• Readout parameters for the Thomson CCD
• Comparison of DQE for several spectroscopic detectors
• Approximate count rates for 15th magnitude star and sky background
• Parameters for calculating instrumental throughput
• Slit transmission as a function of seeing FWHM
• Characteristics of the prime focus correctors
• Photographic emulsions and exposure times
• Count rates for star of 12th magnitude with the S20 auxiliary photometer
• Options for imaging with IRIS
• Filters available for imaging with IRIS
• Configurations for spectroscopy with IRIS
• Wavebands for IR photometry
• Sky surveys available at Epping
• Sky surveys available at Siding Spring
• Typical surface brightness of the night sky at Siding Spring, in mag/sq.arcsec
• Typical count rates for the TEK CCD at f/3.3
• Typical count rates for the Thomson CCD at f/1.
• Limiting magnitude (5 sigma) for 60-second IRIS images.