About IMAPS Data

• Reading IMAPS Data
• Data Products
• Wavelength Calibration

IMAPS-2

Currently, only the IMAPS-1 data is releaseable. IMAPS-2 is expected to become available some time in the near future.

IMAPS-1

The original IMAPS data was stored as IDL unformatted data sets. The raw data was later converted to FITS format files by the staff members at the ADF. The FITS headers were extensively modified by Goddard LASP personnel, and the resulting raw image files are now available via the WEB or anonymous FTP at archive.stsci.edu in the /pub/orfeus/imaps/data/raw directory. An effort is currently underway by LASP personnel to archive the coadded, corrected raw data. These data are corrected for image distortion, face plate artifacts, etc. but the spectra must still be extracted (although wavelength assignments will be included). IDL software will be made available to read and extract data using these files.

IMAPS data sets are uniquely defined using the "Exposure Sequence Number". The first archived file is number 079 and the last image is number 721. The current naming convention is imaps1_0nnn.fits, where nnn is the exposure sequence number. The coadded files will use the naming convention imaps1_0nnn-0mmm.fits where nnn is the first coadded image and mmm is the last coadded image. (It is assumed that all intervening images are included in the coaddition.)

A table of the IMAPS1 observations (obtained from the EXPOLOG.DAT file written by Ed Jenkins) is shown below. The total integration time is an estimate for the total amount of observation time devoted to each object. The exposure sequence numbers describe the number and sequence of the individual observations. The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of frames used in the eta UMa exposures (511 frames were used for all others). Background exposures are not included in the table. in the table.

Spectral Resolution and Sensitivity