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PyWiFeS: a rapid data reduction pipeline for the Wide Field Spectrograph (WiFeS)

PyWiFeS: a rapid data reduction pipeline for the Wide Field Spectrograph (WiFeS)
PyWiFeS: a rapid data reduction pipeline for the Wide Field Spectrograph (WiFeS)
We present PyWiFeS, a new Python-based data reduction pipeline for the Wide Field Spectrograph (WiFeS). PyWiFeS consists of a series of core data processing routines built on standard scientific Python packages commonly used in astronomical applications. Included in PyWiFeS is an implementation of a new global optical model of the spectrograph which provides wavelengths solutions accurate to ?0.05 Å (RMS) across the entire detector. The core PyWiFeS package is designed to be scriptable to enable batch processing of large quantities of data, and we present a default format for handling of observation metadata and scripting of data reduction.
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Childress, Michael
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Childress, Michael, Vogt, Frédéric P.A., Nielsen, Jon and Sharp, Robert G. (2014) PyWiFeS: a rapid data reduction pipeline for the Wide Field Spectrograph (WiFeS). Astrophysics and Space Science, 349 (2), 617-636. (doi:10.1007/s10509-013-1682-0).

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We present PyWiFeS, a new Python-based data reduction pipeline for the Wide Field Spectrograph (WiFeS). PyWiFeS consists of a series of core data processing routines built on standard scientific Python packages commonly used in astronomical applications. Included in PyWiFeS is an implementation of a new global optical model of the spectrograph which provides wavelengths solutions accurate to ?0.05 Å (RMS) across the entire detector. The core PyWiFeS package is designed to be scriptable to enable batch processing of large quantities of data, and we present a default format for handling of observation metadata and scripting of data reduction.

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Accepted/In Press date: 19 October 2013
e-pub ahead of print date: 12 November 2013
Published date: February 2014
Organisations: Astronomy Group

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Local EPrints ID: 402034
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/402034
ISSN: 0004-640X
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Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:04

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Author: Michael Childress
Author: Frédéric P.A. Vogt
Author: Jon Nielsen
Author: Robert G. Sharp

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