[News] New ingest procedure
R. Vermeij
ronald at astro.rug.nl
Mon Mar 6 12:28:51 CET 2006
Dear users,
A new "Ingest.py" script has been committed to CVS that in important
ways differs from the old one.
The new ingest script will bring any "random" data inserted into the
Astro-Wise system more in line
with the OmegaCAM calibration plan. This will facilitate future data
processing, especially in the
photometric pipeline.
The new ingest script will automatically create and assign
ObservingBlock/Template objects to the
input images (for any instrument other than OmegaCAM, of course).
Based on these OBs/Templates,
the Astro-Wise system will be able to distinguish between, e.g.
regular science data and observations
of photometric standard fields. For the user, this will mean the
following :
1) The data is now ingested NOT based on their type (e.g. bias,
twilight flat, etc), but on their intended
PURPOSE (e.g. biases for deriving a read noise vs. biases for
deriving a master bias). This might
need some getting used to.
2) For the time being, data for any specific purpose should be
ingested as a whole, not in parts. The
smallest unit of data to ingest for any particular purpose is
data for ONE observing night.
For more information about these new developments see the "Ingest"
HowTo on http://www.astro-wise.org/portal/.
Related to this, is the HowTo on scheduling your observations for
Astro-Wise compliancy. Both are required reading.
Yours sincerely,
Ronald Vermeij
Astro-Wise
Groningen, The Netherlands
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