On Paranal, the quick-look pipelines make an effort to automatically reduce all science data. The reduction is performed using standard calibration solutions from a local calibration database which is refreshed every few months. Generally any pipeline processing on the site is done on a best-effort basis. Its purpose is to offer a quick look to assess data quality etc.

Until the end of P87 (September 2011) science data have been processed by QC Garching with the best possible (certified) calibrations solutions. The products were ingested into the Science Archive and delivered to the PIs.

This service has been terminated with the begin of October 2011. The documentation of science pipelines and science processing is kept here for its heritage value.

XSHOOTER INFORMATION

The XSHOOTER pipeline is designed to reduce raw science data. On Paranal, the quick-look pipeline makes an attempt to automatically reduce all science data. The reduction is performed using standard calibration solutions from a local calibration database.

At QC Garching, all science data taken in Service Mode are pipeline-reduced, using the best available calibration solutions, quality-checked and closest in time, following the reduction cascade. The products of science reduction are also quality-checked. If any irregularity in the reduced data is found, an attempt is made to improve on this. If not possible, information about the poor quality is made available in the SM package. Please note that ESO is not assuming any responsibility in respect to the usefulness of the reduced data. The adopted reduction strategy may not be suitable for the scientific purpose of the observations.

RAW SCIENCE DATA

The following types of raw science data exist for the XSHOOTER supported modes.

Frame Type	DPR TYPE	DPR TECH
OBJECT_SLIT_STARE_<arm>	OBJECT	ECHELLE,SLIT,STARE
OBJECT_SLIT_OFFSET_<arm>	OBJECT	ECHELLE,SLIT,OFFSET
SKY_SLIT_OFFSET_<arm>	SKY
OBJECT_SLIT_NOD_<arm>	OBJECT	ECHELLE,SLIT,NODDING
OBJECT_IFU_STARE_<arm>	OBJECT	ECHELLE,IFU,STARE
OBJECT_IFU_OFFSET_<arm>	OBJECT	ECHELLE,IFU,OFFSET
SKY_IFU_OFFSET_<arm>	SKY

REDUCED SCIENCE DATA AND PRODUCTS

The following types of reduced data and products are produced for the XSHOOTER supported modes

DPR TECH	Recipe	Description	Products
ECHELLE,SLIT,STARE	xsh_scired_slit_stare	reduce single slit spectra taken in STARE mode	reduced spectra (order 1D/2D, merged 1D/2D, sky)
ECHELLE,SLIT,OFFSET	xsh_scired_slit_offset	reduce pairs of OFFSET spectra (object/sky)	reduced spectra (order 1D/2D, merged 1D/2D, sky)
ECHELLE,SLIT,NODDING	xsh_scired_slit_nod	reduce pairs of NODded spectra (AB, ABBA, etc.)	reduced spectra (order 1D/2D, merged 1D/2D)
ECHELLE,IFU,STARE	xsh_scired_ifu_stare	reduce single IFU spectra taken in STARE mode	reduced spectra in 3D cube format (merged/order)
ECHELLE,IFU,OFFSET	xsh_scired_ifu_offset	reduce pairs of OFFSET spectra (object/sky)	reduced spectra in 3D cube format (merged/order), sky in cube format

NAMING SCHEME

After production and certification, the calibration products are renamed after a scheme which includes type, OB ID, creation date and relevant XSHOOTER settings.