Open source pipeline for ESPaDOnS reduction and analysis

Eder Martioli; Doug Teeple; Nadine Manset; Daniel Devost; Kanoa Withington; Andre Venne; Megan Tannock

doi:10.1117/12.926627

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24 September 2012 Open source pipeline for ESPaDOnS reduction and analysis

Eder Martioli; Doug Teeple; Nadine Manset; Daniel Devost; Kanoa Withington; Andre Venne; Megan Tannock

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Proceedings Volume 8451, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy II; 84512B (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926627
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

OPERA is a Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) open source collaborative software project currently under development for an ESPaDOnS echelle spectro-polarimetric image reduction pipeline. OPERA is designed to be fully automated, performing calibrations and reduction, producing one-dimensional intensity and polarimetric spectra. The calibrations are performed on two-dimensional images. Spectra are extracted using an optimal extraction algorithm. While primarily designed for CFHT ESPaDOnS data, the pipeline is being written to be extensible to other echelle spectrographs. A primary design goal is to make use of fast, modern object-oriented technologies. Processing is controlled by a harness, which manages a set of processing modules, that make use of a collection of native OPERA software libraries and standard external software libraries. The harness and modules are completely parametrized by site configuration and instrument parameters. The software is open- ended, permitting users of OPERA to extend the pipeline capabilities. All these features have been designed to provide a portable infrastructure that facilitates collaborative development, code re-usability and extensibility. OPERA is free software with support for both GNU/Linux and MacOSX platforms. The pipeline is hosted on SourceForge under the name "opera-pipeline".

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Eder Martioli, Doug Teeple, Nadine Manset, Daniel Devost, Kanoa Withington, Andre Venne, and Megan Tannock "Open source pipeline for ESPaDOnS reduction and analysis", Proc. SPIE 8451, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy II, 84512B (24 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926627

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