MIKE Steps [v1.0; August 2004]

This file is intended to give an executive summary of the steps one runs through to reduce a given night of data. See the cookbook for much more extensive discussion.

• Setups
  1. Create stucture:
     IDL> mike_strct, mike
  2. Modify tags:
     IDL> set_crds, mike
  3. Setup:
     IDL> mike_setup, mike
• Calibrations
  1. Bias (optional):
     IDL> mike_mkbias, mike
  2. Flats:
     IDL> mike_allflat, mike, setup
     Calls --
     • mike_mkmflat
     • mike_mktflat
     • mike_trcflat
     • mike_fittflat
  3. Arcs:
     IDL> mike_allarc, mike, setup
     Calls --
     • mike_setarcm
     • mike_procarc
     • mike_arcalign
     • mike_fitarc
     • mike_fit2darc
     • mike_tracearc
     • mike_fittrcarc
     • mike_mkaimg
  4. Slit profile:
     IDL> mike_slitflat, mike, setup
• Extraction
  1. Process:
     IDL> mike_proc, mike, SETUP=setup, OBJ=obj_id
     IDL> mike_objcr, mike, setup, obj_id, /CHK
  2. Trace:
     IDL> mike_fntobj, mike, setup, obj_id, /CHK
  3. Skysub:
     IDL> mike_skysub, mike, setup, obj_id, /CHK, /FCHK
  4. Extract:
     IDL> mike_box, mike, setup, obj_id, /RESCHK