Data Analysis - Documentation
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User's Guides
Note: Users of Spitzer data should also consult the appropriate Data Handbook: IRAC, IRS, and MIPS.
| Overview of Post-BCD Processing | v. 1.1; 01/07/04 |
| Pointing Refinement User's Guide | v. 1.1; 01/07/04 |
| Mosaicker User's Guide
(contains a description of outlier detection) | v. 1.9; 03/01/06 |
| APEX User's Guide | v. 1.9; 03/01/06 |
| Bandmerging of Point Sources User's Guide | v. 1.2; 03/02/05 |
| SPICE User's Guide | v. 1.4; 11/01/06 |
Data Analysis Cookbooks
Supporting Documentation
| Mosaicking with MOPEX: An Overview | v. 1.0; 11/29/04 |
| Point Source Extraction with MOPEX: An Overview | v. 1.0; 01/05/05 |
| Point Source Extraction with
MOPEX by Makovoz and Marleau, 2005, PASP, 117, 1113 | 07/06/05 |
| Computing Aperture Photometry | v1.0; 03/01/06 |
| Use of the CD matrix keywords in SIRTF images | 05/14/03 |
| The SIP Convention for Representing
Distortion in FITS Image Headers, by Shupe et al., ADASS XIV, 2005, ASP Conference Series, Vol. XXX. | 2/18/05 |
| README_auxscripts.html | 9/30/05 |
| README_easymosaic | 05/09/05 |
| README_cosmetic | 05/09/05 |
| README_flatfield | 05/09/05 |
| README_hdr_mask | 9/30/05 |
| radhit_stat.pdf | 9/30/05 |
| mosaic_sed.pdf: documentation for MIPS SED processing | v1.1; 03/01/06 |
| Coverage_Map.pdf: notes on the MOPEX Coverage Map | 10/06/05 |
| Background
Consistency in Overlapping Images, by Makovoz et al., 2005, PASP, 117, 274 | 03/15/05 |
| Background Matching | v. 1.2; 10/15/04 |
| A
Robust Algorithm for the Pointing Refinement and Registration of
Astronomical Images, by Masci et al., 2004, PASP, 116, 842 | 09/01/04 |
| Pointing Refinement
(technical description) | v. 6.2; 12/30/03 |
| Image Segmentation | v. 1.1; 02/04/04 |
| Mosaic Mask | v. 1.2; 04/30/04 |
| Fast
Direct Plane-to-Plane Coordinate Transformations, by Makovoz, 2004, PASP, 116, 971 | 10/15/04 |
| Bayesian Estimation of Point Source Probability | v. 1.0; 01/11/01 |
| Mosaicking with MOPEX, by Makovoz and Khan, 2005, in ASP Conf. Ser. 132, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems VI, ed. P. L. Shopbell, M. C. Britton, & R. Ebert (San Francisco: ASP) | 03/15/05 |
| PRF vs. PSF | v. 1.0; 05/07/02 |
| PRF Estimation | v. 1.1; 10/15/04 |
| How do you make the PRF from the PSF? | v. 1.1; 03/02/05 |
| IRAC1_PRF4x_300.pdf: Creating IRAC PRF | 9/30/05 |
| Bandmerging Spitzer Point Sources
(technical description) | v. 1.0; 08/06/03 |
| Moshir, Spitzer Space Telescope Data Processing and Algorithmic Complexity, ADASS XIV, ASP Conference Series, Vol 347, 2005 | 2005 |
| SPICE GUI Manual | v. 1.0; 09/01/04 |
| The
SMART Data Analysis Package for the Infrared Spectrograph on the Spitzer
Space Telescope, by Higdon, et al. 2004, PASP, 116, 975 | 10/15/04 |
Seminal Software Papers
(e.g., those to cite in your papers if you so desire)- The SMART Data Analysis Package for the Infrared Spectrograph on the Spitzer Space Telescope, by Higdon, et al. 2004, PASP, 116, 975
- Point Source Extraction with MOPEX, by Makovoz and Marleau, 2005, PASP, 117, 1113
- Mosaicking with MOPEX, by Makovoz and Khan, 2005, in ASP Conf. Ser. 132, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems VI, ed. P. L. Shopbell, M. C. Britton, & R. Ebert (San Francisco: ASP)
Software Test Reports
| APEX Performance Testing Results | v. 1.0; 04/03/03 |
| SSC Bandmerging Test Report | v. 1.0; 07/30/03 |
Downloading and Installing the Software
- MOPEX
- BANDMERGE
- SPICE
- IRSFRINGE: see Contributed Software Archive
- SMART: see Contributed Software Archive
Frequently Asked Questions
| Frequently Asked Questions about Spitzer Data Analysis | 03/01/06 |
Note: Users of Spitzer data should also consult the appropriate Data Handbook: IRAC, IRS, and MIPS.
