DRAGONS
	Data Reduction for Astronomy from Gemini Observatory North and South

The stable version is v2.1.0. This is the first publicly released version of DRAGONS. It is distributed as a conda package, dragons, and it is included in the conda gemini stack.

Version 2.1.0 is recommend of the reduction of imaging data from Gemini's current facility instruments: GMOS, NIRI, Flamingos-2, and GSAOI.

There is no spectroscopy support in this release. To reduce Gemini spectroscopy data, please continue to use the Gemini IRAF package.

To install:

$ conda create -n geminiconda python=3.6 gemini stsci

DRAGONS is a platform for the reduction and processing of astronomical data. The DRAGONS meta-package includes an infrastructure for automation of the processes and algorithms for processing of astronomical data, with focus on the reduction of Gemini data.

Documentation on DRAGONS v2.1 is available on "readthedocs" at:

• https://dragons.readthedocs.io/en/stable

There your will find manuals for Astrodata and the Recipe System, and hands-on tutorials on reducing Gemini imaging data with DRAGONS.

Gemini users with imaging data to reduce should pick the tutorial discussing the reduction of data from the appropriate instrument.

Software developers should start with the Astrodata and Recipe System manuals.