SPARK Resources & Downloads

SPARK

Get here the newest version of SPARK-kmos-kit or directly at the corresponding ftp-site.
Old versions released by MPE can still be downloaded here.

only from within MPE: At /afs/mpe/astrosoft/spark a working installation of SPARK can be found ready to use.

Detector readout channel correction
- IDL-toolchain to remove detector readout channel effects
L.A. cosmic
- IDL script to remove cosmics (see SPARK guide section 5.1.3)
Karma
- Get the latest version of the OB preparation tool from USM
qfits-6.2.0.tar.gz
- ESO package containing tools like dfits, dtfits etc. These are very useful to navigate through the exposures beforehand reducing data.
- This needn't to be installed if you already have ESO's Scisoft installed.
- An install script has been added to the tar-file to ensure compilation on 64bit Linux systems.
- Known issue for MacOSX 10.7 and up:
  - qfits-6.2.0 can't be compiled, no fix found so far
QFitsView
- Get the latest version of QFitsView from MPE, the recommended viewer for KMOS data.

$/!\$ Edit conflict - other version:

For the ones who need a GUI to prepare the runs with the pipeline and not being happy with the command line tool Esorex
- Reflex
- Gasgano v2.3.4

$/!\$ Edit conflict - your version:

For the ones who need a GUI to prepare the runs with the pipeline and not being happy with the command line tool Esorex
- Reflex
- Gasgano v2.3.4

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