PAPI (PANIC Pipeline) is the automatic image processing pipeline for data obtained with the PAnoramic Near Infrared Camera (PANIC) for the 2.2m and 3.5m Telescopes at Calar Alto Observatory (CAHA). The pipeline is written in Python and developed at the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (CSIC). The automated processing steps include basic calibration (removeing instrumental signature), cosmic-ray removal, treatment for electronic ghosts (cross-talk), sky subtraction, non-linear count-rate correction, robust alignment and registration.
PANIC is a general purpose Panoramic Near Infrared camera for Calar Alto. It is optimized for use at the 2.2m telescope, but can also be installed at the 3.5m telescope. It works in the nIR bands Z, J, H and K.
PAPI has the following strict requirements:
- Python 2.7
- Numpy 1.6 or later
and also depends on next packages:
- SciPy (> v0.12.2)
- Astropy (> v0.3.1)
- Matplotlib (> v1.3.0)
- PyQt4
- IRAF with STSDAS and MSCRED (v2.16)
- x11iraf for xgterm
- stsci_python (> v2.14)
- CDSClient
- SExtractor (> v2.8.6)
- SCAMP (> v1.7.0)
- SWarp (> v2.19.1)
- Astrometry.net with 42xx index files
- SAO DS9 and XPA (> v7.3b5)
- Montage (v3.3)
- montage_wrapper (0.9.8)
Note that, for PyRAF you have to install IRAF (v2.16 or later), what can be a tricky task. However, is has been simplified in recent versions.
To install PAPI as a "personal user" (non-root), follow the next steps:
1. Clone the PAPI files in a suitable location. Note that, it is a development version:
git clone https://github.com/ppmim/PAPI ~/papi
#. Once you have installed the required packages described above, you are ready to install PAPI; for this, follow the next steps:
$ cd papi
$ ./papi_setup.shWarning
The script papi_setup.sh is currently implemented only for the Bash shell, and will modify your .bashrc file adding a new line at the end.
- Go to config_files/ directory to setup the config file to use.
Note
If you are behind a proxy, you need to set the proxy in your system:
http_proxy=http//your_proxy:your_port; export http_proxy
Currently PAPI has only be tested under openSuSE12.x and openSuSE13.1, but it should work on any 64-bit Linux box with the software packages required above.
You can browse the latest release documentation online.
Webpage: http://www.iaa.es/PANIC Maintainer: jmiguel@iaa.es