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| Paper: |
HIPE, HIPE, Hooray! |
| Volume: |
442, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XX (ADASSXX) |
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347 |
| Authors: |
Ott, S. |
| Abstract: |
(On behalf of all contributors to the Herschel mission)
The Herschel Space Observatory, the fourth cornerstone mission in
the ESA science program, was launched 14th of May 2009. With a 3.5 m
telescope, it is the largest space telescope ever launched.
Herschel's three instruments (HIFI, PACS, and SPIRE) perform
photometry and spectroscopy in the 55–671 micron range and will
deliver exciting science for the astronomical community during at
least three years of routine observations. Starting October 2009
Herschel has been performing and processing observations in routine
science mode.
The development of the Herschel Data Processing System (HIPE)
started nine years ago to support the data analysis for Instrument
Level Tests. To fulfil the expectations of the
astronomical community, additional resources were made available to
implement a freely distributable Data Processing System capable of
interactively and automatically reducing Herschel data at different
processing levels. The system combines data retrieval, pipeline
execution, data quality checking and scientific analysis in one
single environment. HIPE is the user-friendly face of Herschel interactive Data Processing. The software is coded in Java and
Jython to be platform independent and to avoid the need for
commercial licenses. It is distributed under the GNU Lesser General
Public License (LGPL), permitting everyone to access and to re-use
its code.
We will summarise the current capabilities of the Herschel Data
Processing system, highlight how the Herschel Data Processing system
supported the Herschel observatory to meet the challenges of this
large project, give an overview about future development milestones
and plans, and how the astronomical community can contribute to
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