Data reductions and data quality for the high resolution spectrograph on the Southern African Large Telescope
Abstract
The High Resolution Spectrograph (HRS) on the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) is a dual beam, fiber-fed echelle spectrograph providing high resolution capabilities to the SALT observing community. We describe the available data reduction tools and the procedures put in place for regular monitoring of the data quality from the spectrograph. Data reductions are carried out through the pyhrs package. The data characteristics and instrument stability are reported as part of the SALT Dashboard to help monitor the performance of the instrument.
- Publication:
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Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI
- Pub Date:
- August 2016
- DOI:
- 10.1117/12.2232653
- Bibcode:
- 2016SPIE.9908E..2LC