XSHOOTER Pipeline: Recipe for Slit Stare Observations Reduction

XSHOOTER Pipeline:
Recipe for IFU Stare Observations Reduction

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Disclaimer: The information given here refers to the use of this recipe during QC processing. For more details see the pipeline manual at the pipelines page.

recipe name:xsh_scired_ifu_stare
input raw frames: STD_<type>_IFU_STARE_<arm> (arm = UVB/VIS/NIR), SCI_IFU_STARE_<arm> (arm = UVB/VIS/NIR)

Purpose: Processes the data up to 3D cube

Description: The spectra are bias- or dark-corrected. The order table is used to locate the inter-order regions where the background is fit with a polynomial, which is then subtracted from the data. The frame is flat-fielded. The sky is not subtracted. The data are the transformed into a 3D cube (see manual for details) and the object is traced along the three slices.