Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-11-19
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
12 pages LateX, 4 PS figures, accepted for PASP (February 2003)
Scientific paper
10.1086/345918
A method for optimal reduction of data taken with multi-fiber spectrographs is described, based on global correction of their geometrical distortion. Though it was specifically developed for reducing observations performed at Palomar Mountain using the Norris fiber spectrograph, this method can be adapted to other types of multi-object spectrographs such as the multi-slit ones. Combined with a 2D analytical interpolation of sky-background that accounts for non-uniform spectral resolution, the Norris software package achieves very high accuracy in airglow subtraction, even in the near infrared (7000-9000A) where molecular band-emissions commonly induce strong artefacts that preclude clean sky subtraction whenever standard image processing techniques are used. Correlatively, an improvement by a factor of 2 on the precision of radial velocities is achievable. Throughout the paper possible improvements to the method are suggested for those devising similar packages for other instruments.
Milliard Bruno
Viton Maurice
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