The VVDS Data‐Reduction Pipeline: Introducing VIPGI, the VIMOS Interactive Pipeline and Graphical Interface | Zendy

M. Scodeggio | Zendy; P. Franzetti | Zendy; B. Garilli | Zendy; A. Zanichelli | Zendy; S. Paltani | Zendy; D. Maccagni | Zendy; D. Bottini | Zendy; V. Le Brun | Zendy; T. Contini | Zendy; R. Scaramella | Zendy; C. Adami | Zendy; S. Bardelli | Zendy; E. Zucca | Zendy; L. Tresse | Zendy; O. Ilbert | Zendy; S. Foucaud | Zendy; A. Iovino | Zendy; R. Merighi | Zendy; G. Zamorani | Zendy; I. Gavignaud | Zendy; D. Rizzo | Zendy; H. J. McCracken | Zendy; J. Perea | Zendy; J. P. Picat | Zendy; G. Vettolani | Zendy; M. Arnaboldi | Zendy; S. Arnouts | Zendy; M. Bolzonella | Zendy; A. Cappi | Zendy; S. Charlot | Zendy; P. Ciliegi | Zendy; L. Guzzo | Zendy; B. Marano | Zendy; C. Marii | Zendy; G. Mathez | Zendy; A. Mazure | Zendy; B. Meneux | Zendy; R. Pelló | Zendy; A. Pollo | Zendy; L. Pozzetti | Zendy; M. Radovich | Zendy

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The VVDS Data‐Reduction Pipeline: Introducing VIPGI, the VIMOS Interactive Pipeline and Graphical Interface

Author(s) -

M. Scodeggio,

P. Franzetti,

B. Garilli,

A. Zanichelli,

S. Paltani,

D. Maccagni,

D. Bottini,

V. Le Brun,

T. Contini,

R. Scaramella,

C. Adami,

S. Bardelli,

E. Zucca,

L. Tresse,

O. Ilbert,

S. Foucaud,

A. Iovino,

R. Merighi,

G. Zamorani,

I. Gavignaud,

D. Rizzo,

H. J. McCracken,

J. Perea,

J. P. Picat,

G. Vettolani,

M. Arnaboldi,

S. Arnouts,

M. Bolzonella,

A. Cappi,

S. Charlot,

P. Ciliegi,

L. Guzzo,

B. Marano,

C. Marii,

G. Mathez,

A. Mazure,

B. Meneux,

R. Pelló,

A. Pollo,

L. Pozzetti,

M. Radovich

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

publications of the astronomical society of the pacific

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.294

H-Index - 172

eISSN - 1538-3873

pISSN - 0004-6280

DOI - 10.1086/496937

Subject(s) - pipeline (software) , interface (matter) , reduction (mathematics) , computer science , graphical user interface , human–computer interaction , data reduction , computer graphics (images) , operating system , data mining , bubble , geometry , mathematics , maximum bubble pressure method

10 pages, submitted to Astronomy and AstrophysicsThe VIMOS VLT Deep Survey (VVDS), designed to measure 150,000 galaxy redshifts, requires a dedicated data reduction and analysis pipeline to process in a timely fashion the large amount of spectroscopic data being produced. This requirement has lead to the development of the VIMOS Interactive Pipeline and Graphical Interface (VIPGI), a new software package designed to simplify to a very high degree the task of reducing astronomical data obtained with VIMOS, the imaging spectrograph built by the VIRMOS Consortium for the European Southern Observatory, and mounted on Unit 3 (Melipal) of the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at Paranal Observatory (Chile). VIPGI provides the astronomer with specially designed VIMOS data reduction functions, a VIMOS-centric data organizer, and dedicated data browsing and plotting tools, that can be used to verify the quality and accuracy of the various stages of the data reduction process. The quality and accuracy of the data reduction pipeline are comparable to those obtained using well known IRAF tasks, but the speed of the data reduction process is significantly increased, thanks to the large set of dedicated features. In this paper we discuss the details of the MOS data reduction pipeline implemented in VIPGI, as applied to the reduction of some 20,000 VVDS spectra, assessing quantitatively the accuracy of the various reduction steps. We also provide a more general overview of VIPGI capabilities, a tool that can be used for the reduction of any kind of VIMOS data

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