Package: vlt-sphere
VLT/SPHEREInformationThis repository provides tools for the reduction of VLT/SPHERE data. The pipeline currently provides support for processing IRDIS dual-band imaging (DBI), IRDIS classical imaging (CI), IRDIS long-slit spectroscopy (LSS) and IFS data. IRDIS dual-polarimetry imaging (DPI) and ZIMPOL are not supported at the moment.If you find a bug or want to suggest improvements, pleasecreate a ticket.RequirementsThe pipeline requires officialESO pipeline for SPHEREto be installed and in your path. If theesorexcommand is not available the pipeline will output an error.The package also relies on usual packages for data science and astronomy:numpy,scipy,pandas,matplotlibandastropy.InstallationThe easiest is to installsphereusingpip:pipinstallvlt-sphereOtherwise your can download the current repository and install the package manually:cdSPHERE-master/
pythonsetup.pyinstallExamplesThe package is not fully documented, butexamples are provided.CreditsPlease cite the following reference if you use this pipeline in a scientific publication:Vigan, 2020, ASCL, ascl:2009.002Or simply use the following Bibtex entry:@MISC{2020ascl.soft09002V,
       author = {{Vigan}, Arthur},
        title = "{vlt-sphere: Automatic VLT/SPHERE data reduction and analysis}",
     keywords = {Software},
         year = 2020,
        month = sep,
          doi = {10.5281/zenodo.6563998},
          eid = {ascl:2009.002},
        pages = {ascl:2009.002},
archivePrefix = {ascl},
       eprint = {2009.002},
       adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020ascl.soft09002V},
      adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System}
}Moreover, the development of the SPHERE instrument has demanded a tremendous effort from many scientists, who have devoted several years of their life to design, build, test and commission the instrument. To recognize this work, we kindly ask you to cite the relevant instrumental papers in your scientific work. The reference papers for the instrument and its observing mode are:SPHERE:General description:Beuzit et al., 2019, A&A, 631, A155IRDIS:General description:Dohlen et al., 2008, SPIE, 7014Long-slit spectroscopy mode:Vigan et al., 2008, A&A, 489, 1345Dual-Band Imaging mode:Vigan et al., 2010, MNRAS, 407, 71Dual-Polarization Imaging mode:de Boer et al., 2020, A&A, 633, A63&van Holstein et al., 2020, A&A, 633, A64IFS:General description:Claudi et al., 2008, SPIE, 7014Performance:Mesa et al., 2015, A&A, 576, 121We are grateful for your effort, and hope that these tools will contribute to your scientific work and discoveries. Please feel free to report any bug or possible improvement to the author(s).Author and contributorsArthur Vigan <arthur.vigan@lam.fr>, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille / CNRSWith important contributions from:Julien Milli (IPAG/UGA): Support of SPARTA filesJean-Françoise Sauvage (ONERA): Support of SPARTA filesDino Mesa (INAF/OAPD): IFS pre-processingESO personnel in general: SPHERE pipeline and calibration proceduresAnd small improvements, or bug reports with suggested fix from:Wolfgang Brandner (@Rumpelstil)Tomas Stolker (@tomasstolker)Karthikeyan Singaravelan (@tirkarthi)Chen Xie (@ChenXie-astro)