Data reduction pipeline for the METIS integral field spectrograph

Author(s)
Martin Baláž, Oliver Czoske, Kieran Leschinski, Hugo Buddelmeijer, Gilles P.P.L. Otten, Jennifer Karr, Chi Hung Yan, Wolfgang Kausch
Abstract

We present the integral field unit part of the data reduction pipeline for METIS (Mid-infrared ELT Imager and Spectrograph), a first-generation infrared instrument that will be installed on the Extremely Large Telescope. The described software covers the entire process of correcting the instrumental effects and reconstructing the hyperspectral image. Apart from standard correction procedures common to virtually all digital imagers, the pipeline includes methods for distortion calibration, wavelength and flux calibration, correction of telluric absorption, reconstruction of the spectral cube with special emphasis on resampling the data only once, and finally algorithms for spatial and spectral dithering of multiple exposures taken at different field orientations and shifts, possibly taken many months apart. The pipeline has already passed the final design review and its implementation is underway.

Organisation(s)
Department of Astrophysics
External organisation(s)
Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA), No. 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Road, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck
Volume
13101
No. of pages
11
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017108
Publication date
07-2024
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103003 Astronomy, 103004 Astrophysics, 102022 Software development
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Condensed Matter Physics, Computer Science Applications, Applied Mathematics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/fec80e8e-a902-4549-ad93-8adbbe5880fa