UVES pipeline recipes

A release of the UVES pipeline recipes is now available !

A release of the UVES pipeline recipes is now available for the reduction of data obtained by UVES either in echelle mode or in fiber mode.

The recipes can be run either using MIDAS, or Gasgano (running shell scripts provided by this release).

UVES pipeline recipes latest public version:

The latest public version of the UVES pipeline recipes is 2.2.0, and is available here. It requires the installation of the MIDAS data reduction package. I has been verified with MIDAS release 04SEPpl1.1. Information on the delivery content, platform supporteds, installation procedure, how to test and use the pipeline, known problems and other useful information is provided by the README file, which we recommend the user to read before installing the UVES pipeline.

Documentation

The UVES Pipeline User Manual (7.0) (~2.5 Mb, 105 pages), is available. Note that the manual is also included in the UVES pipeline release, in the file VLT-MAN-ESO-2964-V7.PS
The FLAMES Pipeline User Manual (3.0) (~500 Kb, 83 pages), is available. Note that the manual is also included in the UVES pipeline release, in the file VLT-MAN-ESO-1900-3016-V3.PS.

Data reduction Quality Limitaions

The UVES RED Arm MIT detector has a dead column. For binning 1x1, 1x2, 2x2, 2x3 respectively, this is located at:


Id	Xstart	Ystart	Xend	Yend
1	1	491	3272	492


Id	Xstart	Ystart	Xend	Yend
1	1	491	1636	492


Id	Xstart	Ystart	Xend	Yend
1	1	245	1636	246


Id	Xstart	Ystart	Xend	Yend
1	1	245	1091	246

The UVES RED Arm detectors have some traps. For the RED EEV CCD (and 1x1, 1x2, 2x2, 2x3 binning respectively) those are located in the following positions:


Id	Xstart	Ystart	Xend	Yend
1	1	4	2088	4
2	1	63	2282	63
3	1	108	1778	108
4	1	176	2443	176
5	1	196	2021	196
6	1	285	1974	285
7	1	352	1942	352


Id	Xstart	Ystart	Xend	Yend
1	1	4	1044	4
2	1	63	1141	63
3	1	108	894	108
4	1	176	1222	176
5	1	196	1011	196
6	1	285	988	285
7	1	352	971	352


Id	Xstart	Ystart	Xend	Yend
1	1	3	1044	3
2	1	33	1141	33
3	1	55	894	56
4	1	89	1222	90
5	1	99	1011	100
6	1	144	988	145
7	1	177	971	178


Id	Xstart	Ystart	Xend	Yend
1	1	3	696	3
2	1	33	761	33
3	1	55	592	56
4	1	89	814	90
5	1	99	674	100
6	1	144	658	144
7	1	177	647	178

The UVES RED Arm detectors have some traps. For the RED MIT CCD (and 1x1, 1x2, 2x2, 2x3 binning respectively) those are located in the following positions:


Id	Xstart	Ystart	Xend	Yend
1	1	2030	1268	2033
2	1269	2033	4096	2033


Id	Xstart	Ystart	Xend	Yend
1	1	2030	634	2033
2	635	2033	2048	2033


Id	Xstart	Ystart	Xend	Yend
1	1	1013	634	1016
2	635	1015	2048	1016


Id	Xstart	Ystart	Xend	Yend
1	1	1013	423	1016
2	635	1015	1365	1016

Bug Reports

For any other issues or requests, please, send a report to the ESO User Support Department, describing:

the UVES pipeline recipes package release, and MIDAS release you are using
the version of your OS
the exact sequence of actions that were performed before the problem occurred
what were precisely the symptoms and the possible error message(s)
whether the problem is repeatable