DRAGONS - GMOS Data Reduction Tutorial

Document ID

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 on Read The Docs.

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Software Requirements
  • 1.2. Downloading the tutorial datasets
  • 1.3. About the dataset
• 2. Data Reduction
  • 2.1. The dataset
  • 2.2. Set up the Local Calibration Manager
  • 2.3. Check files
  • 2.4. Create File lists
  • 2.5. Create a Master Bias
  • 2.6. Create a Master Flat Field
  • 2.7. Create Master Fringe Frame
  • 2.8. Reduce Science Images
• 3. Reduction using API
  • 3.1. The dataset
  • 3.2. Setting Up
  • 3.3. Create list of files
  • 3.4. Make Master Bias
  • 3.5. Make Master Flat
  • 3.6. Make Master Fringe Frame
  • 3.7. Reduce Science Images
• 4. Tips and Tricks
  • 4.1. Create Master Fringe Frame
  • 4.2. Bypass automatic calibration association
  • 4.3. Browse Recipes and Primitives
  • 4.4. Customizing input parameters
  • 4.5. Setting the output suffix
• 5. Issues and Limitations
  • 5.1. Memory Usage
  • 5.2. Double messaging issue
  • 5.3. Astropy warnings

Appendix

• Downloading from the Gemini Observatory Archive
• Fringe Correction Tables

Indices and tables

• Index
• Module Index
• Search Page