DRAGONS - Flamingos 2 Data Reduction Tutorial

Document ID

PIPE-USER-115_F2Img-DRTutorial

This is a brief tutorial on how to reduce Flamingos-2 images using DRAGONS (Data Reduction for Astronomy from Gemini Observatory North and South).

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Software Requirements
  • 1.2. Downloading the tutorial datasets
• 2. Setting up the Calibration Service
  • 2.1. The Configuration File
  • 2.2. Usage from the Command Line
  • 2.3. Usage from the API
• 3. Example 1 - Small sources with dither on target
  • 3.1. Example 1 - Datasets descriptions
  • 3.2. Example 1 - Small sources with dither on target - Using the “reduce” command line
  • 3.3. Example 1 - Small sources with dither on target - Using the “Reduce” class
• 4. Example 2 - Deep observation
  • 4.1. Example 2 - Datasets descriptions
  • 4.2. Example 2 - Deep observation - Using the “reduce” command line
  • 4.3. Example 2 - Deep observation - Using the “Reduce” class
• 5. Tips and Tricks
  • 5.1. Bad Pixel Masks
  • 5.2. Flatfields
  • 5.3. Checking WCS of science frames
  • 5.4. Bypassing automatic calibration association
• 6. Issues and Limitations
  • 6.1. Memory Issues
  • 6.2. Emission from PWFS2 guide probe
  • 6.3. Double messaging issue

Appendices

• Downloading from the Gemini Observatory Archive

Indices and tables

• Index
• Module Index
• Search Page