Astro-WISE processing of wide-field images and other data

TL;DR

Astro-WISE is a distributed information system designed to process and analyze wide-field astronomical images from multiple instruments, facilitating data handling for large-scale surveys and experiments across Europe.

Contribution

The paper introduces the architecture and interfaces of Astro-WISE, enabling efficient processing of diverse astronomical data from various instruments in a federated European system.

Findings

Supports data processing for 14 different instruments.

Provides a standard data processing chain from raw images to catalogs.

Demonstrates effective handling of large astronomical datasets.

Abstract

Astro-WISE is the Astronomical Wide-field Imaging System for Europe. It is a scientific information system which consists of hardware and software federated over about a dozen institutes throughout Europe. It has been developed to exploit the ever increasing avalanche of data produced by astronomical surveys and data intensive scientific experiments in general. The demo explains the architecture of the Astro-WISE information system and shows the use of Astro-WISE interfaces. Wide-field astronomical images are derived from the raw image to the final catalog according to the user's request. The demo is based on the standard Astro-WISE guided tour, which can be accessed from the Astro-WISE website. The typical Astro-WISE data processing chain is shown, which can be used for data handling for a variety of different instruments, currently 14, including OmegaCAM, MegaCam, WFI, WFC, ACS/HST, etc.