Welcome to SIPGI’s documentation!

Contents:

• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. SIPGI: VIPGI and LBT
  • 1.2. Overview
  • 1.3. How to use this manual
• 2. How to Install SIPGI
  • 2.1. Linux
  • 2.2. macOS
• 3. The SIPGI reduction cookbook
  • 3.1. Create a new Workspace and a new Project
  • 3.2. Files import
    • 3.2.1. Add mask definition files for MODS MOS data
    • 3.2.2. Raw frames import
  • 3.3. Bad Pixel Image
    • 3.3.1. MODS Bad Pixel Image
    • 3.3.2. LUCI Bad Pixel Image
    • 3.3.3. Append Bad Pixels Image to data
  • 3.4. Create Master Files
    • 3.4.1. Create Master Bias (MODS only)
    • 3.4.2. Create Master Dark (LUCI only)
    • 3.4.3. Pixel to Pixel Variation Image
    • 3.4.4. Adjust First Guesses
      • 3.4.4.1. Through-slit flat, lamp and scientific frames aligned
      • 3.4.4.2. Lamp frames not aligned with through-slit flat and scientific frames
      • 3.4.4.3. Through-slit flat and lamp frames not aligned with scientific frames
    • 3.4.5. Master Flat
    • 3.4.6. Utilities to check Master files
      • 3.4.6.1. Show Spectra Location
      • 3.4.6.2. Show Lambda Calibration
    • 3.4.7. Master Lamp
    • 3.4.8. Utilities to check the wavelength calibration
      • 3.4.8.1. Check Lambda Calibration
      • 3.4.8.2. Plot Lambda Calibration
  • 3.5. Preliminary Reduction
  • 3.6. Reduce Observations
    • 3.6.1. Utilities to check the reduced observations
      • 3.6.1.1. Show Reduced Spectra utility.
      • 3.6.1.2. Manage Detections utility
      • 3.6.1.3. Plot Extraction Profile utility
      • 3.6.1.4. Show Window Table utility
    • 3.6.2. Molecfit
  • 3.7. Sensitivity function
    • 3.7.1. MODS
    • 3.7.2. LUCI
    • 3.7.3. Utility to check the sensitivity function: Plot Sensitivity
  • 3.8. Combine Observations
• 4. Auxiliary system files
  • 4.1. Instrument files
    • 4.1.1. Paf files
      • 4.1.1.1. The Optical Model
      • 4.1.1.2. The Curvature Model
      • 4.1.1.3. The Inverse Dispersion Solution Model
    • 4.1.2. Grism tables
    • 4.1.3. CCD tables
  • 4.2. Calibration files
    • 4.2.1. Spectro-photometric standard
    • 4.2.2. Stellar templates
    • 4.2.3. Lines catalogs
  • 4.3. Mask files
  • 4.4. Extinction table
• 5. Data organization
  • 5.1. Workspace
  • 5.2. Project
  • 5.3. Dataset
  • 5.4. Reduction Unit
  • 5.5. The importing procedure
• 6. The SIPGI graphical interface
  • 6.1. The Starting and Setting Area
  • 6.2. The Data Manager Area
    • 6.2.1. Reduction unit layout
      • 6.2.1.1. Frames panel
      • 6.2.1.2. Master frames panel
      • 6.2.1.3. Generic master frames and calibration files
      • 6.2.1.4. Context menus
  • 6.3. The reduction and the analysis area
    • 6.3.1. The Reduction Tab
    • 6.3.2. The Analysis Tab
• 7. The data reduction recipes
  • 7.1. Create Bad Pixels Image
  • 7.2. Append Bad Pixels Image
  • 7.3. Create Master Bias
  • 7.4. Create Master Dark
  • 7.5. Create Pix2pix Variation Image
  • 7.6. Adjust First Guesses
  • 7.7. Create Master Flat
  • 7.8. Create Master Lamp
  • 7.9. Preliminary Reduction
  • 7.10. Reduce Observations
    • 7.10.1. Refining the spectral tracing & wavelength solution on science frames
    • 7.10.2. Extraction of 2D spectra
    • 7.10.3. Sky subtraction
    • 7.10.4. Fringing Correction
    • 7.10.5. Flux Calibration & 1D extraction
  • 7.11. Create Sensitivity
    • 7.11.1. MODS sensitivity function
    • 7.11.2. LUCI sensitivity function
  • 7.12. Combine Observations
    • 7.12.1. Compute Offsets
    • 7.12.2. 1D extraction
  • 7.13. Other data reduction utilities
    • 7.13.1. Science to Flat
    • 7.13.2. Science to Lamp
    • 7.13.3. Merge Lamps
    • 7.13.4. Append Table
    • 7.13.5. SIPGI To Molecfit
    • 7.13.6. Apply Molecfit Tra
    • 7.13.7. Revert Molecfit Tra
• 8. The Analysis Utilities
  • 8.1. DS9
  • 8.2. First Alternative Fits Viewer
  • 8.3. Secondary Alternative Fits Viewer
  • 8.4. Show Slit Position
  • 8.5. Show Spectra Location
  • 8.6. Show Lambda Calibration
  • 8.7. Check Lambda Calibration
  • 8.8. Plot Lambda Calibration
  • 8.9. Plot Sensitivity
  • 8.10. Show Reduced Spectra
  • 8.11. Manage Detections
  • 8.12. Plot Extraction Profile
  • 8.13. Show Window Table
• 9. Appendix
  • 9.1. Appendix A: the stellar templates
    • 9.1.1. The Pickles templates
    • 9.1.2. The spectro-photometric standards
  • 9.2. Appendix B: keywords necessary to SIPGI to import and categorize raw data
    • 9.2.1. LUCI
    • 9.2.2. MODS
  • 9.3. Appendix C: error propagation on 1D and 2D spectra
    • 9.3.1. Error on preliminary reduced frames
    • 9.3.2. Error on reduced frames
      • 9.3.2.1. Error for un-distorted slits in reduced frames.
      • 9.3.2.2. Error for distorted slits in reduced frames.
    • 9.3.3. Error on combined frames
  • 9.4. Appendix D: 2D spectra extraction and resampling
  • 9.5. Appendix E: bad pixels correction and cosmic rays cleaning
• 10. Glossary
• 11. References