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| Paper: |
Binospec@MMT: A Database Driven Model of Operations, from Planning of Observations to Data Reduction and Archiving |
| Volume: |
523, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXVIII |
| Page: |
629 |
| Authors: |
Chilingarian, I.; Moran, S.; Paegert, M.; Fabricant, D.; Kansky, J.; Brown, W. |
| Abstract: |
Binospec is a new optical multi-object spectrograph operated at the 6.5-m
MMT at Mt.Hopkins, Arizona since Nov/2017. Here we describe the Binospec
software system driven by the PostgreSQL relational database that covers all
stages of the instrument operations from the slit mask design to the data
reduction pipeline and archiving and distribution of raw and reduced
datasets. We developed a web application to design slit masks, which
submits configurations directly into the database and sends them to the mask
cutting facility. When masks are being installed in the spectrograph, the
process is logged in the same database that also connected to the MMT
telescope scheduler and Binospec instrument control software. We record
metadata for all exposures collected with Binospec in real time, then
automatically reduce the data with a dedicated pipeline, then ingest the
metadata of reduced datasets and finally distribute data products to the
PIs. Using currently available technologies and very limited manpower we
built a complete database driven software system similar to those deployed
by major space missions like Chandra, XMM, and HST. |
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