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The following sections describe the sequence of steps required for reducing FIRE data from scratch.
Data Preparation and Launching FIREHOSE
Assuming you have properly installed FIREHOSE and its dependent packages, you are ready to start.
First, you should prepare your data by copying all raw files into a directory named "Raw" (if you prefer you can change this later, but firehose uses this as a default). Create a second directory named "redux" in the same parent directory as Raw and "cd" into the redux directory. From there, start an idl session and type "firehose" to bring up the GUI.
unix> mkdir Raw
unix> cp <path>/fire*.fits Raw
unix> mkdir redux
unix> cd redux
unix> idl
IDL> firehose
Initial Setup
Initial Setup
Locating the Order Boundaries
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Generating Flat Fields
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Generating the FIRE Structure
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Arc Solutions and Object Extraction
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Telluric Correction / Flux Calibration
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Combining Orders and Exposures to 1D
Special Topics
Accessing 2D sky subtracted/Wavelength calibrated images
Using "Blank Sky" fields for Sky Subtraction on Extended Objects"
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