MASE v 1.0 released - 8/12/09

9/20/09 - Bug found in wavelength calibration - look for update soon

9/25/09 - Wavelength bug resolved.  Updated packages available.

MASE

MASE

MASE is short for the MAGE Spectral Extractor.  It is written in IDL and contains the pipeline and GUI for reducing MAGE data.  MAGE, or the Magellan Echellete Spectrograph, is a medium resolution ( R ~ 4,100 ), cross-dispersed, optical spectrograph on the Clay Telescope at Las Campanas Observatory.  Details on the instrument can be found in Jennifer Marshall’s SPIE paper.

My suggestions for calibrating the MAGE spectrograph can be found here.   Further information about observing procedures at the telescope can be found in the MAGE user’s guide.

Download the MASE package here.  Instructions for using and operating the software are included with the software, and can be found here.

In collaboration with Rob Simcoe and Joe Hennawi