____ ____ | | | \ / /| | ___ |____| = \/ | | | | /\ | |____| | / \ | The Gemini Observatory gemini_python package RELEASE X1.0.1 Version: X1.0.1 Release Date: November 14, 2014 ================================== gemini_python X1.0.1 Release Notes ================================== This is a patch release to address errors in the installation instructions and adjust the documentation following feedback from early users. There has been no changes to the software. ============================== gemini_python X1 Release Notes ============================== gemini_python is collection of Python packages forming the new Gemini data processing platform. This release is an "experimental" release, aimed at developers or the curious. The objective is to share with the community some of the new software that are being developed. gemini_python contains the RecipeSystem, the automation system often referred to as the "pipeline". It also contains AstroData which provides an instrument agnostic access layer to Multi-Extension FITS (MEF) files, and the AstroData configuration packages for FITS files and Gemini data. A small package with library routines, gempy, completes the contents. IMPORTANT: gemini_python's RecipeSystem should not be used for science reduction. The RecipeSystem has not been vetted for science. Therefore it should be used exclusively for quick-look. Refer to the README for installation instructions and for pointers to various documents and manuals. astrodata ========= The astrodata package contains AstroData and the RecipeSystem. AstroData has just undergone a massive API clean up. It is the most stable feature in gemini_python. An AstroData Users Manual is available, as well as an API document (see README). The RecipeSystem has, so far, been used exclusively for Quality Assessment in the controlled environment of Gemini Operations. Nice features like a Calibration Server for automatic selection of processed calibrations are not available to the end-users. It can nevertheless be used for quick-look reductions. A demo is available and complete documentation on how to launch a reduction in the "reduce" Users Manual (see README). "reduce" is the interface to the RecipeSystem. astrodata_FITS ============== astrodata_FITS is a support package for AstroData. This package is purely configuration. It defines Descriptors that are so general they be associated with any FITS file. astrodata_Gemini ================ astrodata_Gemini is a support package for AstroData and the RecipeSystem. The configuration subpackage contains definitions for most Gemini instruments already. This means that opening almost any Gemini dataset with AstroData gives access to Descriptors and AstroDataTypes. The recipes and primitives subpackage contains algorithms to reduce Gemini dataset. Currently, only GMOS Imaging data can be processed with the RecipeSystem, and only for quick-look purposes, as the algorithms and recipes have not been vetted for science yet. You might be able to get quick-look reduction for NIRI Imaging with on-target dithers, but no promises. gempy ===== gempy is a collection of modules and functions in support of the rest of gemini_python. The organization of the functions and modules is a bit unruly and is expected to change in future releases.