.. FLAMINGOS-2 Data Reduction Cookbook documentation master file, created by sphinx-quickstart on Mon Dec 5 10:19:20 2016. You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least contain the root `toctree` directive. .. figure:: /_static/F2_m17_sm.* .. :figwidth: 6.5in FLAMINGOS-2 image of M17. Photo credit: Gemini Observatory/AURA =================================== FLAMINGOS-2 Data Reduction Cookbook =================================== The `Gemini Observatory `_ provides a variety of facility-class instruments for use by the professional astronomy community, including the FLAMINGOS-2 wide-field imager and multi-object spectrograph (sometimes abbreviated `F2 `_), which is deployed on Gemini-South. This imaging spectrograph offers useful sensitivity in the near-infrared (NIR) from :math:`0.95-2.4\mu m`, at high spatial resolution and low to moderate spectral resolution. FLAMINGOS-2 was constructed by the `University of Florida Astronomy Department `_ and delivered in 2009 July; it was refurbished and commissioned in 2011-December. The F2 `Status and Availability `_ page summarizes significant operations issues over the life of the instrument that may have affected the quality of the science data in the Archive. Data from the commissioning periods to the present are offered in the `Gemini Observatory Archive `_. Raw data for this instrument is archived and made available for public use, but no calibrated, science-ready products are provided. This *Cookbook* is intended as a guide to data reduction and calibration for PIs and Archive users of data from FLAMINGOS-2. The descriptions, recipes, and scripts offered in this *Cookbook* will provide the necessary information for deriving scientifically viable (but not necessarily optimal) spectra and images from F2. However, users should be aware that the ultimate utility of the data for any specific scientific goal depends strongly upon a number of external factors, including: * the environmental conditions that prevailed at the time of the observations (see the `Gemini data quality assessment process `_), * the performance of the instrument, * the observing procedures used to obtain the data, * the scientific objectives of the original observing program. The FLAMINGOS-2 instrument is very well documented on the `Gemini/FLAMINGOS-2 website `_ and in published papers. But it is not necessary to understand every detail of the instrument design and operation to reduce your data; links to relevant portions of the instrument literature will appear throughout this manual. .. toctree:: :numbered: :maxdepth: 2 Introduction F2_overview Processing Tutorial_Imaging Tutorial_Longslit Tutorial_MOS Resources Glossary