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DRAGONS—A Quick Overview

Kathleen Labrie, Chris Simpson, Ricardo Cárdenes, Jeannine E. Turner, Monika Soraisam, Bruno Quint, Oliver Oberdorf, Vinicius M. Placco, Daniel Berke, О. Б. Смирнова, Simon Conseil, William D. Vacca, J. Thomas-Osip

2023Research Notes of the AAS51 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Abstract Data Reduction for Astronomy from Gemini Observatory North and South (DRAGONS) is a platform for the reduction and processing of astronomical data. The Python-based, open-source package includes infrastructure for automation and algorithms for the processing of imaging and spectroscopic data, up to the analysis-ready stage. DRAGONS currently focuses on the reduction of Gemini data, although it allows for support of data from other instruments and telescopes through third-party extensions. Its latest release (v3.1) enables automated reduction of all currently active Gemini imaging facility instruments, as well as optical longslit spectroscopic data, acquired with GMOS.

Topics & Concepts

Python (programming language)Data reductionData processingComputer scienceAutomationReduction (mathematics)ObservatorySystems engineeringRemote sensingDatabaseEngineeringOperating systemAstronomyGeographyPhysicsData miningMechanical engineeringMathematicsGeometryStellar, planetary, and galactic studiesAstro and Planetary ScienceAstronomy and Astrophysical Research
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