GMOS IFU-1 Data Reduction Tutorial - Gemini IRAF

Contents:

• Learning objectives
• Installing the software
  • Gemini AstroConda installation
  • Pyfu
  • L.A.Cosmic
  • Data package
• Quick intro to GMOS IFU
  • Hardware
  • Data
• Overview of the process
  • From beginning to end
  • Science reduction chart
• Get the data
  • Searching the archive
  • Prepared tutorial data
• Start PyRAF
• Create the input file lists
  • Change to redux directory
  • Biases
  • Standard Star
  • Science Exposures
• Inspect the data
• Make a processed bias
• Sensitivity function
  • Sum the fibers
  • Calculate the sensitivity function
  • Store the solution
• Verify the MDF
  • Verify the MDF
  • Fix it!
  • If not fixed…
• Trace reference
• Wavelength Solution
  • Extract the arc
  • Measure the wavelength solution
• Reduce the lamp flat
  • Short note on GMOS CCDs
  • Remove scattered light
  • QE correct and extract
• Response function
• Pre-processing of the science frames
  • MDF, bias and overscan
  • Scattered light
• Cosmic Ray Rejection
• QE correction and extraction of the science
• Fixing a bad column
• Rectify the spectra
  • Angstroms per pixel
  • Rectify
• Sky Subtraction
• Spectrophotometric calibration
• Create the cubes
• Assessing the image quality
  • Inspect along wavelength axis
  • Seeing
• Combine cubes

Appendix

• 1. Standard star

Indices and tables

• Index
• Module Index
• Search Page