Data Reduction Pipeline for GTC/FRIDA

TL;DR

This paper presents a data reduction pipeline designed for FRIDA, a near-infrared imager and spectrograph for the GTC telescope, enabling efficient data processing and compatibility with existing analysis tools.

Contribution

The paper introduces a specialized data reduction pipeline for FRIDA, including tools for converting data to standard formats for broader astronomical analysis.

Findings

Pipeline facilitates efficient data processing for FRIDA

Conversion tools enable compatibility with VO applications

Supports various spectral resolutions for diverse observations

Abstract

FRIDA (inFRared Imager and Dissector for the Adaptative optics system of the GTC) will be a NIR (1-2.5microns) imager and Integral Field Unit spectrograph to operate with the Adaptative Optics system of the 10.4m GTC telescope. FRIDA will offer broad and narrow band diffraction-limited imaging and integral field spectroscopy at low, intermediate and high spectral resolution. The Extragalactic Astrophysics and Astronomical Instrumentation group of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (GUAIX) is developing the Data Reduction Pipeline for FRIDA. Specific tools for converting output, reduced datacubes to the standard Euro3D FITS format will be developed, in order to allow users to exploit existing VO applications for analysis. FRIDA is to be commissioned on the telescope in 2011.