GMMPS 1.5.2: Documentation

Last update:

Sep 18, 2024

Latest changes:

ChangeLog

About GMMPS

GMMPS is Gemini’s mask making software. It supports the following multi-object spectrographs:

• GMOS (optical, Gemini North and South)

• F2 (near-infrared, Gemini South)

Contents

• 1. Obtaining GMMPS
• 2. Loading Images
• 3. The Object Table (OT) - Format
• 4. Creating an OT
• 5. The OT window
• 6. Creating Masks (ODFs)
• 7. Nod & Shuffle masks
• 8. The ODF window
• 9. Submitting the mask designs
• 10. Example 1: Redshift survey (GMOS-S)
• 11. Example 2: Band-shuffle mask (GMOS-S)
• 12. Example 3: F2 mask design
• 13. Appendix: Mask check instructions
• 14. Appendix: Acquisition stars
• 15. Appendix: Slit selection algorithm
• 16. Appendix: GMMPS wavelength overlays
• 17. Appendix: GMOS WaveMapper
• 18. Appendix: Troubleshooting

Acknowledgements

This documentation is partly based on previous texts written by Dione Scheltus and Bryan Miller.

GMMPS has been originally derived from the ESO/VIMOS Mask Preparation Software (VMMPS), after agreement with the European Southern Observatory. VMMPS was developed originally by Dario Bottini at the Istituto di Fisica Cosmica G.Occhialini - CNR, Italy. It has been modified by Jennifer Dunn, Craig Allen, Dustin Fennell, Bryan Miller, Mischa Schirmer, Michael Hoenig, and Joy Chavez to work with Gemini instrumentation.

Current GMMPS support: Bryan Miller, Joy Chavez