4FS ETC
MPE is maintaining an up-to-date list of FAQs and known issues. Please check there first, whether your problem is already known. In all other cases please f...
Fri, 4 Dec, 2020 at 10:43 AM
Validation will "lock" the files against deletion. There's also an additional level of locking, because rulesets are required by the target ca...
Fri, 20 Nov, 2020 at 11:34 AM
A common confusion is that the target catalogues should have targets, listing the names of the actual rulesets, not the ruleset file itself. A ruleset file ...
Fri, 20 Nov, 2020 at 3:39 PM
This information has been taken from a 4MOST talk which can be found following this link (page 33): For flat sources, the surface brightness is conver...
Fri, 4 Dec, 2020 at 10:39 AM
To be as flexible as possible, it is recommended that you include up to twice as many targets as you scientifically desire. This helps with scheduling, as w...
Fri, 4 Dec, 2020 at 10:36 AM
The 4FS_WI and 4FS_ETC are not set up to handle more than some thousands of unique spectral templates. It is recommended to use the lowest number of spectra...
Fri, 4 Dec, 2020 at 10:42 AM
Only a limited number of people per survey have access to 4FS WI. But there should be more than one dedicated survey representative that have access to 4FS ...
Wed, 25 Jun, 2025 at 3:32 PM