Data reduction software for the Mid-Infrared E-ELT Imager and Spectrograph (METIS) for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT)

Author(s)
Michael Mach, Rainer Köhler, Oliver Czoske, Kieran Leschinski, Werner Zeilinger, Wolfgang Kausch, Thorsten Ratzka, Martin Leitzinger, Robert Greimel, Norbert Przybilla, Veronika Schaffenroth, Manuel Güdel, Bernhard Brandl
Abstract

We present the current status of the design of the science data reduction pipeline and the corresponding dataflow system for METIS. It will be one of the first three instruments for the E-ELT and work at wavelengths between 3-19 μm (L/M/N/Q1 bands). We will deliver software which is compliant to standards of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), and will employ state of the art techniques to produce science grade data, master calibration frames, quality control parameters and to handle instrument effects. The Instrument currently offers a wealth of observing modes that are listed in this paper. Data reduction for a ground based instrument at these wavelengths is particularly challenging because of the massive influence of thermal radiation from various sources. We will give a comprehensive overview of the data ow system for the imaging modes that the instrument offers and discuss a single recipe versus a multi recipe approach for the different observing modes for imaging.

Organisation(s)
Department of Astrophysics
External organisation(s)
Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Leiden University
Journal
Proceedings of SPIE
Volume
9913
No. of pages
7
ISSN
0277-786X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232436
Publication date
07-2016
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103003 Astronomy, 103004 Astrophysics
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Condensed Matter Physics, Applied Mathematics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Science Applications
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/6ba66758-7ce7-46d9-b2da-d7bb9e38e6c3