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Guidecam User Manual
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in order to attach finding charts, to retrieve information on the instrument/mode setup or to
propagate acquisition template parameters, such as guide star coordinates, to the OB.
3.1 Definitions, Acronyms and Abbreviations
This document employs several abbreviations and acronyms to refer concisely to an item,
after it has been introduced. The following list is aimed to help the reader in recalling the
extended meaning of each short expression:
AO
AOF
Dec
FoV
FC
GP
GS
GUCT
OB
P2PP
RA
RS
UCD
VLT
WFS
Adaptive Optics
Adaptive Optics Facility
Declination
Field of View
Finding Chart
Guide Probe
Guide Star
Guide Cam Tool
Observing Block
Phase 2 Proposal Preparation
Right Ascension
Reference Star
Unified Content Description
Very Large Telescope
Wave Front Sensor
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