IFU: Data Reduction Recipes

IFU: Data Reduction Recipes

The following tables describe the UIST IFU ORACDR recipes; click on the recipe name for more information. The Requirements listed below are frames that should be obtained prior to use of the recipe, although data can always be re-reduced when the appropriate frames have been taken.

IMPORTANT: Please note that with EXTENDED_SOURCE the observes in an OT sequence (in a “quad”) must be labelled as “Object” and “Sky”, even when sliding a point source between the top and bottom halves of the IFU field of view. With MAP_EXTENDED_SOURCE all observes should be labelled as “Object”. Use the sequences provided in the template library if you’re not sure.


Recipe NameRequirementsComments
REDUCE_FLATNoneStores as a flat
REDUCE_ARCFlatStores as an arc

Recipe NameRequirementsComments
EXTENDED_SOURCEFlat, arc, standardFor observations with one position and offset to sky
EXTENDED_SOURCE_NOSTDFlat, arcAs above, but with no standard
MAP_EXTENDED_SOURCE*Flat, arc, standardMap a source with several IFU positions
MAP_EXTENDED_SOURCE_NOSTD *Flat, arcMap a source without a standard

*Use these recipes (in preference to EXTENDED_SOURCE) and the associated Template Library Sequence in the OT if you want to dither the on-source frames, e.g. by a few tenths of an arcsecond.


Recipe NameRequirementsComments
STANDARD_STARFlat, arcStandard star with offset to sky
STANDARD_STAR_NOD_ON_IFUFlat, arcStandard star, nodding within the IFU field

Recipe NameRequirementsComments
NIGHT_LOGNoneGenerate an ascii log

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