DATA REDUCTION PIPELINE FOR EMIR, THE GTC NEAR-IR SPECTROGRAPH

EMIR (Espectrografo Multiobjeto Infrarrojo) is a near- infrared wide-field camera and multi-object spectrograph to be built for the 10.4 m GTC (Gran Telescopio Canarias) at La Palma. The Data Reduction Pipeline (DRP), which is being designed by the EMIR Universidad Complutense de Madrid Group, will be optimized for handling and re- ducing th e near-IR data acquired withEMIR. Bothre- duced data and associated error frames will be delivered to the end-users as a final product.