Welcome to the home for Roman Documentation (RDox)!
Documentation for the Roman Space Telescope is currently under construction and subject to change, but represents the most up-to-date information available. Please contact us if you have any additional questions not answered by the existing RDox articles.
RDox will have contributions from mission partners at STScI and IPAC.
Roman at STScI
STScI is home for the Science Operations Center (SOC) - responsibilities of the SOC include (but are not limited to):
- Planning and scheduling of all mission observations, documented in the Roman APT User Guide
- Data processing of imaging data and creation of high level data products, documented in the Data Handbook
- Support for the Wide Field Instrument - Imaging mode, documented in the WFI Imaging Mode User Guide
- Archive of all mission observations
- AWS-based Science Platform for use by the scientific community
Roman at IPAC
IPAC is the Science Support Center (SSC) - responsibilities of the SSC include (but are not limited to):
- Proposal ingest and review
- Grants administration
- Coronagraph Instrument support
- Support for the Wide Field Instrument - Spectroscopic mode
- Extraction and calibration of spectroscopic data
Current Resources in RDox:
Definitions of Roman jargon and acronyms can be found in the Glossary
- The Roman Help Desk Portal at STScI is live!
- Initial release of the WFI Imaging Mode User Guide and the Roman Data Handbook!
- Updates to the Roman Simulation Tools documentation! Including pySIAF for Roman and Synphot for Roman.
RDox would like to acknowledge the many people involved in its creation.
For additional questions not answered in this article, please contact the Roman Help Desk at STScI.