Three steps are required:
(1) Check format of FITS data to be ingested.
(2) Put information about the new instrument into a template file.
(3) Send the file to Danny Boxhoorn (danny@astro.rug.nl) to discuss finishing
steps.
Step (1): the data to be ingested (so-called "RawFitsData") should be
preferentially multi-extension FITS data. Furthermore, it is required that all
data of an instrument have the same size (i.e., same NAXIS1 and NAXIS2). If the
above is not the case please contact Danny Boxhoorn.
Step (2): requires making a new file called
HeaderTranslator<instrumentname>.py
in
$AWEPIPE/astro/instrument
. This file gives a description of the
instrument properties which Astro-WISE can read. This is mostly done by listing
which FITS header keyword from the new instrument corresponds to which keyword
used by Astro-WISE. The file HeaderTranslatorOCAM.py
for the OmegaCAM
instrument can serve as template. Additional information can be obtained as
follows. For general information read the descriptive text in
HeaderTranslator.py. For general information on chip specifications read the
descriptive text in $AWEPIPE/astro/main/Chip.py
. In the HeaderTranslator
the obs_type_id_keys
refer to the 5 frame categories- "Bias", "Dome",
"Twilight", "Dark" en "Science"- which are used during ingestion. Please see
the HOW-TO on ingestion (at § for further details. Please do not
adjust the HeaderTranslator<instrument>.py
file either for a new or
existing instrument in the CVS version of the code before contacting Danny
Boxhoorn.
Step (3): send the file HeaderTranslator<instrumentname>.py
to Danny
Boxhoorn (danny@astro.rug.nl)
Finally, see the HOW-TO section "Ingesting" (at §) for information on how to ingest data into the Astro-WISE system for the now defined instrument.