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GALEX Technical Documentation
Authors: Ted Wyder, Chase Million, Tim Conrow, Todd Small, Patrick Morrissey, Tom Barlow, Don Neill, Mark Seibert, Min Hubbard, Karl Forster Date: September 2012
Chapter 1 - Instrument Overview
Chapter 2 - GALEX Science Surveys
- Introduction
- GALEX Science Surveys
- Imaging Surveys
- Spectroscopic Surveys
- Legacy Surveys
- Guest Investigator Program
- Observational Constraints and Safety
Chapter 3 - Getting Started with GALEX Data
- Ways to Access GALEX Data
- Guide to GALEX Imaging Measurements
- Saturation
- Using GALEX Photometric Flags
Chapter 4 - Imaging Pipeline Overview
Chapter 5 - Imaging Data Products
- Data Products
- Image Product Gallery
- Additional Data Products
- Catalog Binary FITS Tables
- SExtractor Input Files
- Description of the GALEX Merged Catalog (MCAT)
Chapter 6 - Imaging Data Analysis
Chapter 7 - Deep Imaging Photometry
Chapter 8 - Changes to the Imaging Pipeline for Data in GR7 and Beyond
Chapter 9 - Spectroscopy Pipeline and Data Analysis
- Overview
- Product Description
- Calibration
- Grism Aspect Correction
- Spectral Extraction
- Spectral Coadding
Chapter 10 - GALEX Imaging Mode Quality Assurance
- General Description of the Imaging QA Process
- Using Data That Fails QA
- Automated QA Description
- Manual QA Inspection
