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GALEX Technical Documentation

• Chapter 1 - Instrument Overview

  Optics   Detectors   Performance Parameters

• Chapter 2 - GALEX Science Surveys

  Introduction   GALEX science surveys   Imaging Surveys   Spectroscopic surveys   Legacy Surveys   Guest Investigator Program   Observational Constraints and Safety

• Chapter 3 - Pipeline Overview - Imaging

  Overview   Transformation and aspect correction   Mapping   Background map and source extraction

• Chapter 4 - Data Products - Imaging

  Data Products   Image Product Gallery   Additional Data Products   Catalog Binary FITS Tables   SExtractor Input Files   Description of the GALEX merged catalog (mcat)

• Chapter 5 - Data Analysis - Imaging

  Astrometric Uncertainties   Point Spread Function

• Chapter 5a - Deep imaging photometry

• Chapter 6 - Spectroscopy Pipeline and analysis

  Overview   Product Description   Calibration   Grism Aspect Correction   Spectral Extraction   Spectral Coadding

• Appendix A - Data product detailed description

  Direct Imaging Data Products   Spectroscopy Data Products

• Appendix B - GR1 & 2 technical documentation

  GALEX Spectroscopy Primer
  GALEX Spectroscopy Tool (IDL)
  GR2 - Lesson learned, Morrissey SPIE paper, 2006 (pdf)

• Appendix C - GR6 detailed description