Releases: GeminiDRSoftware/DRAGONS
v3.2.1
DRAGONS v3.2 Release with Integrated Support for GHOST
DRAGONS v3.2.0 is now available.
This release includes the long awaited support for the new GMOS-S CCDs. It also contains a fully integrated support for GHOST.
Regarding GHOST, the old DRAGONS v3.0 + GHOSTDR should NOT be used anymore. It will no longer be supported. Please use DRAGONS v3.2.
The release note is here:
https://dragons.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes.html
For a summary of the changes see:
https://dragons.readthedocs.io/en/stable/changes.html
With this release, DRAGONS supports:
- GHOST spectrograph
- GMOS longslit spectograph, including nod-and-shuffle mode
- GMOS imager
- NIRI imager
- GSAOI imager
- F2 imager
For all the data coming from the instruments and modes above, this software, DRAGONS, should be used instead of the Gemini IRAF package.
We encourage users to review and try the various tutorials that are available for each type of data.
The portal to the DRAGONS documentation, including installation instructions is:
https://dragons.readthedocs.io/
You can also follow DRAGONS on Twitter at @dragonsastro.
DRAGONS v3.1 Release with Full Support for GMOS Longslit
DRAGONS v3.1.0 is finally available.
This is a big update. At long last, GMOS longslit for science is available, including longslit nod-and-shuffle.
But there's a lot more still in that release.
- New recipes.
- New tutorials.
- Improved calibration manager.
- GSAOI stacking within DRAGONS. Goodbye disco_stu.
- BPMs from the archive and associated like calibrations.
- Compatibility with Python 3.10 and removed dependencies on STScI's astroconda.
The release note is here: https://dragons.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes.html
[Strongly recommended] For a summary of the changes see: https://dragons.readthedocs.io/en/stable/changes.html
With this release, DRAGONS offers support for Science Quality reduction of:
- GMOS imager
- NIRI imager
- GSAOI imager
- F2 imager
- GMOS longslit spectrograph
For imaging and GMOS longslit spectroscopy, this software should be used instead of the Gemini IRAF package. Given all the changes, especially to the calibration manager and the handling of the BPMs, we strongly recommend that even experienced users review the tutorials.
The portal to the DRAGONS documentation, including installation instructions, is:
DRAGONS v3.0 patch release
This patch release includes several small fixes and improvements, many
related to the Quality Assessment Pipeline run internally at Gemini.
Provenance for flux calibration is now included. The patch is recommended
to all but not critical for most.
DRAGONS 3.0 patch release for GMOS-S amp failure
This patch adds better handling of the GMOS-S data following the January failure of amplifier number 5. For that data, the whole amplifier is automatically masked as bad pixels ensuring that those pixels are not used in calculations. The patch also includes bug fixes, small improvements, and fixes to the documentation.
DRAGONS v3.0 patch release
Patch release. Bug fixes to the handling of the section parameters, improvements to spectrum aperture finding algorithm, fixed typos and errors in documentation. See release notes: https://dragons.readthedocs.io/en/release-3.0.x/releasenotes.html
New DRAGONS support for spectroscopy data.
Along with several improvements and fixes to the imaging support, this new version of DRAGONS offers new support for GMOS longslit spectroscopy for quick-look purposes. This new support has not yet been approved for science quality reduction but lays the ground for it. People with GMOS longslit data wanting to have a quick reduction to assess the data can use this version in quicklook mode. See https://dragons.readthedocs.io/en/v3.0.0/ for additional information.
DRAGONS Imaging Support for Science - Bug Fix
Bug fixes and compatibility fixes (astropy, astroquery). Fixes to documentation. See Changes.md.