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| Paper: |
Showcasing the Instrument Reference Database (IRDB) for ScopeSim |
| Volume: |
538, ADASS XXXII |
| Page: |
332 |
| Authors: |
Kieran Leschinski; Hugo Buddelmeijer; Leo Burtscher; Oliver Czoske; David Jones; Roy van Boekel; Gijs Verdoes Kleijn; Willem-Jan Vriend; Werner Zeilinger |
| DOI: |
10.26624/SGOL3494 |
| Abstract: |
The instrument reference database (IRDB) is an open source digital space
for collecting files which describe the optical characteristics of visual and infrared instruments, telescopes and observatory locations.
It can be found on GitHub: github.com/AstarVienna/irdb.
Files contained in the optical system packages within the IRDB include, but are
not limited to, descriptions of the PSF models, transmission curves, detector array dimensions, general physical characteristics, analytical and/or numerical descriptions of
optical aberrations, etc.
The IRDB uses only a handful of file formats to describe the characteristics of
optical systems: ASCII tables, YAML dictionaries, FITS files. This ensures readability
by both humans and machines. Subpackages may follow a predefined file structure if
the author wishes the package to be compatible and importable by ScopeSim, however
this is not a requirement for inclusion in the IRDB. |
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