Data reduction / Software
This is a non-exhaustive list of software/documentation provided by the NOIRLab Programs and Facilities, as well as other community resources available online.
IRAF - Image Reduction and Analysis Facility
NOIRLab transitioned IRAF to an end-of-support state and has taken it offline pending final copyright and licensing review of the source code. Users interested in IRAF during this period may wish to consider the IRAF Community Distribution.
Community Science & Data Center
The NOIRLab Data Handbook: A guide to accessing and using data from major NOAO instruments. The Data Handbook describes the formats and characteristics of raw data, and the pipeline processing applied to all recent and current observations and its data products. It also describes how to access these data in the NOIRLab Science Archive. this version includes:
- Introduction to NOIRLab data: holdings, formats, the NOIRLab Science Archive, data use policies
- Mosaic cameras
- NEWFIRM infrared imager
- Dark Energy Camera
- C/KOSMOS spectrographs
NOIRLab File-naming conventions: A guide to file names in the NOIRLab archive, addressing both raw and pipeline-reduced data products.
Gemini Observatory
Phase I Tool (PIT): Proposal preparation and submission
Observing Tool (OT): Definition and planning of observations
Data Reduction Software: PyRAF/IRAF/DRAGONS packages for facility instruments
GMMPS: Mask making software for GMOS and Flamingos-2
DRAGONS on GitHub: Development version of the code
US NGO resources page: Additional resources for Gemini from the US NGO
GMOS Cookbook: Guide to data reduction and calibration for PIs and Archive users
Mid-Scale Observatories
COSMOS/KOSMOS Spectrographs: Documentation and data reduction
SOAR Goodman Spectrograph: Data reduction pipeline
SOAR Goodman Spectrograph Live Data Reduction Pipeline
SOAR GitHub page: Other software and documentation
Other Community Resources
Astropy: Community-based Python astronomy software project
AstroConda: STScI astronomy software distribution
CFITSIO: FITS Library and compression tools
FPACK: Routines used for compressing and uncompressing FITS data stored in the NOIRLab Science Archive
DS9: Image display tool from SAO
STILTS: Starlink Tables Infrastructure Library Tool Set
TOPCAT: Tool for OPerations on Catalogues And Tables
WCSTOOLS: Image header utilities
Updated on November 25, 2023, 6:21 am