kungifu

INTRO

Thank you for you interest in kungifu (pronounced "kung eye eff you"). kungifu was produced by Adam S. Bolton (MIT -> CfA -> IfA -> UU) and Scott Burles (MIT -> D.E. Shaw).

kungifu is a set of IDL software routines designed for the calibration and reduction of fiber-fed integral-field unit (IFU) astronomical spectroscopy.

kungifu is an unsupported product, written by IDL hackers for IDL hackers. If you have no IDL experience, you will probably have to learn as much about IDL as about integral-field spectroscopy in order to get results.

kungifu currently allows (do not read "supports") the reduction of IFU data obtained in one of the following formats:
  IMACS f/2 N&S, 1x1 binning
  IMACS f/4 N&S, 1x1 binning
  GMOS-N "2-slit", 2x1 binning
If you have data in another format, you may be able to modify the codes and/or parameter files in order to reduce that data. New modes will be implemented by ASB according to his perceived self interest.


kungifu IN A NUTSHELL

REQUIREMENTS

In order to use kungifu, you must have the following:
DOWNLOADING AND CONDITIONS OF USE

By downloading and/or using kungifu, you agree to the conditions of use. These are described on the Conditions of Use page. Links to download the software and associated demo data are found at the bottom of that page.


OBSERVING RECOMMENDATIONS

If you have not yet gone observing, the following are recommended to give you the best reduced data product:

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further information on kungifu and its usage can be found in the file README.txt in the doc directory of the distribution, and in the following refereed publication: http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1367-2630/9/12/443/.

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Last update 2010 Jun 11