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  "abstract": "The Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) on the Very Large Telescope produces high-dimensional data-cubes where even minor astrometric misalignments between multiple exposures can introduce severe artifacts and compromise data quality. While automated pipelines provide a crucial baseline, subtle offsets require human intervention. To address this, we introduce PERRY, an interactive, Python-based Graphical User Interface (GUI) explicitly designed for the visual inspection and manual fine-tuning of MUSE image alignments. Playing an essential role of finding manual offset adjustments for data-cubes within the Pythonic AAO Reduction Environment (PARE), PERRY ingests automatically pre-aligned data, provides synchronized visual and quantitative diagnostics, and enables real-time coordinate translation and rotation updates. The resulting precise adjustments are preserved in reproducible configuration files, maximizing the scientific return and efficiency of advanced data reduction pipelines.",
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  "article_type": "Journal reference: Proc. SPIE 14155, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy IX, 141552O, Aug 2026",
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      "name": "Amir E. Bazkiaei"
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      "name": "Jesse van de Sande"
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    {
      "name": "Nuria P. F. Lorente"
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    {
      "name": "Simon O'Toole"
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    {
      "name": "Kate Sheng"
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  "pdf_url": "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2609.06400",
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  "published": "2026-09-06",
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  "title": "PERRY: A Human-in-the-Loop GUI for Precision Alignment of MUSE Data",
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