MASE

 
 

MASE v 1.0 released - 8/12/09

9/20/09 - Bug found in wavelength calibration - look for update soon

9/25/09 - Wavelength bug resolved.  Updated packages available.

 

Quick Links

  1. • Download MASE (mase.zip)

  2. • Princeton IDL library

  3. • XIDL

  4. • Installing MASE

  5. • MAGE Calibrations

  6. • MASE Cookbook

In collaboration with Rob Simcoe and Joe Hennawi

MASE

MASE is short for the MAGE Spectral Extractor.  It is written in IDL and contains the pipeline and GUI for reducing MAGE data.  MAGE, or the Magellan Echellete Spectrograph, is a medium resolution ( R ~ 4,100 ), cross-dispersed, optical spectrograph on the Clay Telescope at Las Campanas Observatory.  Details on the instrument can be found in Jennifer Marshall’s SPIE paper.


My suggestions for calibrating the MAGE spectrograph can be found here.   Further information about observing procedures at the telescope can be found in the MAGE user’s guide.


Download the MASE package here.  Instructions for using and operating the software are included with the software, and can be found here.

For more information, please see my paper detailing MASE (astro-ph, ADS).  Please cite Bochanski et al., 2009, PASP 121, 1409 if you use the program.