Recent improvements in advanced automated post-processing at the AMOS observatories

An automated post-processing system has been developed to facilitate the processing of data recorded with the 1.6m and 3.6m telescopes of the Air Force Maui Optical & Supercomputing site. This system automatically transfers raw data from these telescopes to supercomputing hardware at sea level, and then the data is processed as imagery, photometry, or both, depending on collection parameters. A new user interface displays the metadata associated with each collection as well as the status of all file transfers and automated processing jobs. This interface also provides access to many additional utilities, including a bispectrum image reconstruction algorithm and other basic image manipulation features. These utilities allow users to create new processing results or to further process and annotate existing results. This new data handling and processing system has significantly enhanced the capabilities of the AMOS site while also reducing the time that it takes for data to be processed and disseminated.