First Public Release of DRAGONS

Gemini Observatory announces the first public release of their new Python-based data reduction platform, DRAGONS (Data Reduction for Astronomy from Gemini Observatory North and South). A project that has been many years in the making, DRAGONS offers a more streamlined approach to the reduction of Gemini data, compared to the Gemini IRAF package. The publicly released version (v2.1.0) supports the reduction of imaging data from current facility instruments. Additional software is being developed for spectroscopic data reduction, and we will eventually transition Gemini data reduction completely to Python.

For more information, please see the following links:

• Download and installation instructions
• Gemini Data Reduction Software
• DRAGONS tutorials and documentation

We encourage feedback on the DRAGONS Forum.