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GMMPS |version|: Documentation

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About GMMPS

GMMPS is Gemini's mask making software. It supports the following multi-object spectrographs:

• GMOS (optical, Gemini North and South)
• F2 (near-infrared, Gemini South)

Contents

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   Obtaining GMMPS <installation.rst>
   Loading Images <loadimage.rst>
   The Object Table (OT) - Format <OTformat.rst>
   Creating an OT<createOT.rst>
   The OT window <editOT.rst>
   Creating Masks (ODFs) <createODF.rst>
   Nod & Shuffle masks <ns.rst>
   The ODF window <loadODF.rst>
   Submitting the mask designs <submit.rst>
   Example 1: Redshift survey (GMOS-S) <example1.rst>
   Example 2: Band-shuffle mask (GMOS-S) <example2.rst>
   Example 3: F2 mask design <example3.rst>
   Appendix: Mask check instructions <ngo.rst>
   Appendix: Acquisition stars <acquisition.rst>
   Appendix: Slit selection algorithm <spoc.rst>
   Appendix: GMMPS wavelength overlays <moswavegrid.rst>
   Appendix: GMOS WaveMapper <wavemapper.rst>
   Appendix: Troubleshooting <tt.rst>

Acknowledgements

This documentation is partly based on previous texts written by Dione Scheltus and Bryan Miller.

GMMPS has been originally derived from the ESO/VIMOS Mask Preparation Software (VMMPS), after agreement with the European Southern Observatory. VMMPS was developed originally by Dario Bottini at the Istituto di Fisica Cosmica G.Occhialini - CNR, Italy. It has been modified by Jennifer Dunn, Craig Allen, Dustin Fennell, Bryan Miller, Mischa Schirmer, Michael Hoenig, and Joy Chavez to work with Gemini instrumentation.

Current GMMPS support: Bryan Miller, Joy Chavez