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MOPEX User's Guide - IRSA

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Chapter 1. Introduction<br />

<strong>MOPEX</strong> User’s <strong>Guide</strong><br />

<strong>MOPEX</strong> (MOsaicking and Point Source Extraction) is a package developed at the Spitzer Science<br />

Center for astronomical image processing. <strong>MOPEX</strong> requires input images in FITS format. As an<br />

example, if the user has basic calibrated FITS images from the Spitzer Space Telescope archive,<br />

<strong>MOPEX</strong> can be used to level the backgrounds of the input images, co-add them together to<br />

produce a mosaic with optional rejection of outliers (e.g. cosmic rays), and perform point source<br />

extraction and/or aperture photometry on the detected sources.<br />

<strong>MOPEX</strong> can be run in two ways - either from the command line, or using the Graphical User<br />

Interface (GUI). The GUI is more user-friendly, especially for first-time users, but the command<br />

line contains some additional functionality that has not yet been implemented in the GUI.<br />

<strong>MOPEX</strong> is available for Mac, Linux and Solaris (see the <strong>MOPEX</strong> Download page for specific<br />

availability).<br />

***NEW (November 2010)*** Appendix C gives the current best correction factors for PSFfitted<br />

fluxes for all Spitzer instruments.<br />

***NEW (March 2012)*** Appendix D gives some tips for Spitzer data.<br />

1.1 Important Documentation<br />

The following documents and webpages are recommended reading, and are referred to<br />

throughout this User’s <strong>Guide</strong>:<br />

• Spitzer Data Analysis Cookbook:<br />

http://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/data/SPITZER/docs/dataanalysistools/cookbook/<br />

• IRAC Instrument Handbook:<br />

http://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/data/SPITZER/docs/irac/iracinstrumenthandbook/<br />

• MIPS Instrument Handbook:<br />

http://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/data/SPITZER/docs/mips/mipsinstrumenthandbook/<br />

• IRS Instrument Handbook:<br />

http://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/data/SPITZER/docs/irs/irsinstrumenthandbook/<br />

• <strong>MOPEX</strong> main page:<br />

http://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/data/SPITZER/docs/dataanalysistools/tools/mopex/<br />

• <strong>MOPEX</strong> download page:<br />

Introduction Important Documentation

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