Setting up and tutorial datasets

Downloading the tutorial datasets

All the data needed to run this tutorial are found in the tutorial’s data package:

Download it and unpack it somewhere convenient.

cd <somewhere convenient>
tar xvf gnirsimg_tutorial_datapkg-v1.tar
bunzip2 gnirsimg_tutorial/playdata/*.bz2

The datasets are found in the subdirectory gnirsimg_tutorial/playdata, and we will work in the subdirectory named gnirsimg_tutorial/playground.

Note

All the raw data can also be downloaded from the Gemini Observatory Archive. Using the tutorial data package is probably more convenient.

Datasets descriptions

Dataset for example 1: Point source through the acquisition keyhole

This is a GNIRS acquisition keyhole imaging observation of a point source. The observation sequence uses dither-on-target. Dithered observations nearby in time will be used for sky subtraction of each frame.

The calibrations we use for this example include:

  • Darks for the science frames
  • Flats, as a sequence of lamps-on and lamps-off exposures

Here is the files breakdown. They are included in a tutorial data package. They can also be downloaded from the Gemini Observatory Archive (GOA).

Science
N20120117S0014-33 (J-band, on-target)
Science darks
N20120102S0538-547 (60 sec, like Science)
Flats
N20120117S0034-41 (lamps-on)
N20120117S0042-49 (lamps-off)

A note about finding the darks in the GOA. Since GNIRS is not an imager and imaging through the keyhole is done only in extreme circumstances, the archive does not have calibration association rules for the darks in this case. One needs to manually search for the darks. Here is the search that was done to find the darks for this observation sequence:

  • Set a date range around the dates of the science observations. In this case we used “20120101-20120131”.
  • Set Instrument to GNIRS.
  • Set Obs.Type to DARK.
  • Set the exposure time to 60 seconds.
  • On the result table, select the darks with a “Pass” setting in the “QA” column.