DRAGONS Tutorial
GMOS Imaging Data Reduction

Table of Contents

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Setting up the Calibration Service
  • 3. Example 1 - Star field with dithers
  • 4. Example 2 - Separate CCDs
  • 5. Tips and Tricks
  • 6. Issues and Limitations

Appendix

  • Downloading from the Gemini Observatory Archive
  • Fringe Correction Tables
DRAGONS Tutorial
GMOS Imaging Data Reduction
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DRAGONS - GMOS Data Reduction Tutorial

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PIPE-USER-116_GMOSImg-DRTutorial

This is a brief tutorial on how to reduce GMOS images using DRAGONS. It is based on information found in the GEMINI GMOS WebPage and in the DRAGONS Documentation

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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 - Star field with dithers
    • 3.1. Example 1 - Datasets descriptions
    • 3.2. Example 1 - Star field with dithers - Using the “reduce” command line
    • 3.3. Example 1 - Star field with dithers - Using the “Reduce” class
  • 4. Example 2 - Separate CCDs
    • 4.1. Example 2 - Datasets descriptions
    • 4.2. Example 2 - Separate CCDs - Using the “reduce” command line
    • 4.3. Example 2 - Separate CCDs - Using the “Reduce” class
  • 5. Tips and Tricks
    • 5.1. Getting Bad Pixel Masks from the archive
    • 5.2. Create Master Fringe Frame
    • 5.3. Bypass automatic calibration association
    • 5.4. Browse Recipes and Primitives
    • 5.5. Customizing input parameters
    • 5.6. Setting the output suffix
    • 5.7. Useful parameters
  • 6. Issues and Limitations
    • 6.1. Memory Usage
    • 6.2. Double messaging issue

Appendix

  • Downloading from the Gemini Observatory Archive
  • Fringe Correction Tables

Indices and tables

  • Index

  • Module Index

  • Search Page

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