vmdark(7)
NAME
vmdark - Create a master dark from set of raw dark frames.
SYNOPSIS
esorex vmdark [OPTIONS] FILE.sof
DESCRIPTION
This recipe is used to create a master dark frame from a set of raw
dark frames.
Input files:
DO category: Type: Explanation: Required:
DARK Raw Dark exposure Y
MASTER_BIAS Calib Master bias Y
CCD_TABLE Calib Bad pixel table .
Output files:
DO category: Data type: Explanation:
MASTER_DARK FITS image Master dark
A CCD table must be specified only if a bad pixel cleaning is
requested.
For more details, please refer to the VIMOS Pipeline Users Guide.
OPTIONS
--AllowSingleFrames <bool>
Frame combination method is ignored. (bool; default: True). The
full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is
vimos.Parameters.stacking.singleframes [default = True].
--StackMethod <str>
Frame combination method. (str; default: Median). The full
name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is
vimos.Parameters.stacking.method [default = Median].
--KSigmaLow <float>
Low threshold for K-sigma clipping method. (float; default:
5.0). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration
file is vimos.Parameters.stacking.ksigma.low [default = 5.0].
--KSigmaHigh <float>
High threshold for K-sigma clipping method. (float; default:
5.0). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration
file is vimos.Parameters.stacking.ksigma.high [default = 5.0].
--MinRejection <long>
Number of lowest rejected values for rejection method. (long;
default: 1). The full name of this option for the EsoRex
configuration file is vimos.Parameters.stacking.minmax.minimum
[default = 1].
--MaxRejection <long>
Number of highest rejected values for rejection method. (long;
default: 1). The full name of this option for the EsoRex
configuration file is vimos.Parameters.stacking.minmax.maximum
[default = 1].
--BiasMethod <str>
Bias removal method. (str; default: Zmaster). The full name of
this option for the EsoRex configuration file is
vimos.Parameters.bias.removing.method [default = Zmaster].
--CleanBadPixel <bool>
Bad pixel correction on master dark. (bool; default: False). The
full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is
vimos.Parameters.badpixel.clean [default = False].
--CleanCosmic <bool>
Cosmic ray events cleaning from raw darks. (bool; default:
True). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration
file is vimos.Parameters.cosmics.clean [default = True].
--CosmicThreshold <float>
Threshold to identify cosmic rays candidates. (float; default:
4.0). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration
file is vimos.Parameters.cosmics.threshold [default = 4.0].
--CosmicRatio <float>
Min ratio between peak and nearby pixels for a cosmic ray.
(float; default: 2.0). The full name of this option for the
EsoRex configuration file is vimos.Parameters.cosmics.ratio
[default = 2.0].
--ComputeQC <bool>
Compute QC1 parameters (bool; default: True). The full name of
this option for the EsoRex configuration file is
vimos.Parameters.quality.enable [default = True].
Note that it is possible to create a configuration file containing
these options, along with suitable default values. Please refer to the
details provided by the 'esorex --help' command.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for the vimos pipeline can be downloaded as a
PDF file using the following URL:
ftp://ftp.eso.org/pub/dfs/pipelines/vimos/vimos-pipeline-manual-6.9.pdf
An overview over the existing ESO pipelines can be found on the web
page http://www.eso.org/sci/software/pipelines/.
Basic documentation about the EsoRex program can be found at the esorex
(1) man page.
It is possible to call the pipelines from python using the python-cpl
package. See http://packages.python.org/python-cpl/index.html for
further information.
The other recipes of the vimos pipeline are vmbias(7), vmdet(7),
vmifucalib(7), vmifucombine(7), vmifucombinecube(7), vmifuscience(7),
vmifustandard(7), vmimcalphot(7), vmimflatscreen(7), vmimflatsky(7),
vmimobsjitter(7), vmimobsstare(7), vmimpreimaging(7), vmimstandard(7),
vmmoscalib(7), vmmoscombine(7), vmmosobsjitter(7), vmmosobsstare(7),
vmmosscience(7), vmmosstandard(7), vmspcaldisp(7), vmspflat(7),
vmspphot(7)
VERSION
vmdark 3.1.7
AUTHOR
ESO VIMOS Pipeline Team <usd-help@eso.org>
BUG REPORTS
Please report any problems to usd-help@eso.org. Alternatively, you may send a report to the ESO User Support Department <usd-help@eso.org>.
LICENSE
This file is part of the VIMOS Instrument Pipeline Copyright (C) 2002-2005 European Southern Observatory This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
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