FAST Spectrograph

Instrument paper	The FAST Spectrograph for the Tillinghast Telescope by Daniel Fabricant, Peter Cheimets, Nelson Caldwell, and John Geary The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 110, Issue 743, pp. 79-85. [ADS Abstract] [PASP Full Text]
FAST Specifications	These pages describe the spectrograph and how it works. Much of the same information is in the instrument paper.
Fast Archive	Search the Fast Public Archive of 43,223 spectra (as of 2006-09-01), including all calibration spectra. FAST Observing Programs with Public Data Catalogs of FAST data: (id-sorted ASCII table) (RA-sorted ASCII table) (id-sorted tab-separated ASCII table) (RA-sorted tab-separated ASCII table) View Sky Coverage of FAST Public Archive View Observing logs by date Find out what the header keywords mean Warning! FAST spectra are not photometrically calibrated unless otherwise noted.
Fast Observing	Spectral Extraction Quick-Look Software (qfast) FAST Observing Protocols Count Rates for FAST Observations
Fast Processing	FAST Reduction Manual by Susan Tokarz and Nathalie Martimbeau (last updated 2008-01-22) RoadRunner: An Automated Reduction System for Long Slit Spectroscopic Data by Susan P. Tokarz and John Roll Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems VI, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 125, 1997, Editors: Gareth Hunt and H. E. Payne [ADS Abstract] [local full Text] [ADASS VI full text] FAST HeNeAr Calibration Spectrum Using the FAST Database
On Mt. Hopkins:	FAST Users' Guide 60-inch Guider and Rotator Software Users' Manual Calculating Gain and Readout Noise UV Flooding Examples Changing from FAST I to FAST II FAST Dewar fill sheets

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