- Current OSIRIS Manual (v2.2 - 04/01/2008)
- Please refer to the OSIRIS manual for a complete description of OSIRIS
capabilities, observational procedures, data reduction system, detector
performance, filter curves, and much more.
- OSIRIS Observing Planning GUI (v1.5 - 04/01/2008)
- OSIRIS observers can generate and save planning scripts (.ddf)
for observing with the spectrograph and imager by using the Observing
Planning GUI. This java package will be identical to what you will be
using at the telescope. To use, download and unpack the package and
read the README file.
- Quicklook2 Package (v2.2 - 04/01/2008)
- Quicklook2 (QL2) is an update to the NIRSPEC/NIRC2 Quicklook
tool. QL2 handles 2- and 3-D fits files. To use, simply download the
tar file and unpack the file somewhere in your IDL path. Edit the
environment variable 'QL_FILEDIR' in the file 'run_ql2' to match the
directory path where you just unpacked Quicklook2.tar file. Once this
environment variable has the correct path, you are ready to start
using Quicklook2. Type 'run_ql2' at your terminal prompt within the
same directory, and this script should launch Quicklook2 program and
place the IDL xterm in an icon. Many OSIRIS users have made a link to
the 'run_ql2' script in their .cshrc file, that way they can run
Quicklook2 at any point during their session.
- Quicklook2 User's Manual (v2.2 - 04/01/2008)
- For a complete description of Quicklook functionality and
operation procedures, please see the Quicklook Users Manual. This
manual also has detailed instructions on installing Quicklook onto
local machines. This software package supports the UNIX, LINUX, Mac
OS, and Windows operating systems.
- Data Reduction Pipeline Page & Data
Reduction Pipeline (v2.2 - 04/01/2008)
- Due to the unique nature of
OSIRIS data and of its calibration steps, the OSIRIS team has
developed a comprehensive pipeline designed to fully reduce all of
the calibration data and to reduce scientific data to the level
where an astronomer can begin custom analysis. The OSIRIS pipeline
is designed to fix artifacts on the raw 2D array, wavelength
calibrate, and assemble all the spectra into a 3D cube (λ
wavelength, x and y spatially). In addition, after the 3D cube is
assembled the pipeline allows for mosaicking of multiple frames with integer lenslet steps.
The OSIRIS team is continually optimizing the pipeline and analysis
tools for all users. However, unlike space-based data reduction
pipelines, the general user is responsible for generating their own
custom analysis tools for their specific scientific project. The
OSIRIS team and other users have been developing stand alone
analysis tools,
and some of these tools can be found on the OSIRIS
Wiki Page. We
highly recommend and support a cohesive community for OSIRIS data
reductions and analysis. Please see the OSIRIS manual for detailed
instructions on how to install and run the data reduction
pipeline.
- Data Reduction GUI (v2.2 - 04/01/2008)
- The pipeline is an IDL program that accepts commands only from XML
(eXtensible Markup Language) files that we refer to as Data Reduction
Files (DRFs). Users may either hand edit these DRFs or use the ODRFGUI
which generates DRFs with the user specifications. This GUI allows
users to easily select pipeline modules, input directories, output
directories, and execute scripts into the pipeline. This GUI should only
be used with the version 2.0 of the pipeline. To use, download
and unpack the package and consult the README file.
- OSIRIS Updates Page
- This website lists all the major hardware and software changes, and information on the calibration scans for OSIRIS. The pipeline uses a calibration scan for each independent mode (combination of filter and scale) to determine the spectral extraction and wavelength solution. Please use this page to determine which calibration scans you should be using for your observations.
- OSIRIS Wiki Page
- If you have additional inquiries, comments, or suggestions
regarding the OSIRIS data reduction pipeline, please post them on the
OSIRIS user wiki page. Please contact the
for wiki user information.
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