S. Josephine Chan, R.G. McMahon (University of Cambridge), E. Persson (Carnegie Observatories)
Reference URL: http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~sjchan/cirsi/cirsi_pub.html
We report on our on going software project ``CIRSI Data Reduction Package'' which is being developed under the IRAF enviroment. This is a complex infrared image processing and analysis package for a wide-field infrared camera (Cambridge Infrared Survey Instrument (CIRSI): 4 HAWII Infrared chips; 1024x1024 pixels; a field of view 5.1 arc min (depending on the size of telescopes)). It contains at least four big subpackages for quick-look analysis utility during real-time observing, preprocessing, basic reduction, handy tools, photometry, astrometry and special utility to suit different telescopes. One of the advantages of this package is easy to handle the large amount data and also the raw data can be preprocessed and reduced automatically during real-time observations. The details about the advantages will be reported and discussed.