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NAME

       vmimobsstare - Reduce an imaging science exposure.

SYNOPSIS

       esorex vmimobsstare [OPTIONS] FILE.sof

DESCRIPTION

       This  recipe is used to apply basic reduction steps to one exposure made in direct imaging
       mode. SExtractor v2.1.6 is run on the reduced image, producing a table of detected objects
       with  their  instrumental  magnitudes,  their  celestial  and image coordinates, and their
       stellarity index. The image WCS, together with the  component  describing  the  instrument
       optical  distortions,  is  converted into the convention followed by VMMPS (the VIMOS mask
       preparation software). This set of coefficients, the CO-matrix used in  the  SAO  WCSTools
       package, is written to the header of the reduced image.

       Input files:

         DO category:              Type:       Explanation:         Required:
         IMG_SCIENCE               Raw         Science exposure        Y
         MASTER_BIAS               Calib       Master bias             Y
         MASTER_DARK               Calib       Master dark             .

         IMG_MASTER_SKY_FLAT       Calib       Master sky flat         Y
         PHOT_COEFF_TABLE          Calib       Photometric table       .

         CCD_TABLE                 Calib       Bad pixel table         .

       Output files:

         DO category:              Data type:  Explanation:
         IMG_SCIENCE_REDUCED       FITS image  Reduced scientific exposure
         IMG_GALAXY_TABLE          FITS table  List of detected objects

       If  a  photometric table is specified, the magnitude zeropoint, the atmospheric extinction
       coefficient, and the colour term are copied from the photometric table to  the  header  of
       the  reduced image. A CCD table must be specified in input only if a bad pixel cleaning is
       requested. The galaxy table is the output of SExtractor converted into  FITS  format.  The
       content  of  this  table is defined within the VIMOS pipeline DRS, with the only intent of
       serving the purpose of the involved pipeline recipes. For a customised  output  SExtractor
       table,  it  is  always possible to run SExtractor separately, after configuring the native
       SExtractor parameter files. For a complete explanation of  the  output  parameters  please
       refer to the SExtractor documentation - see for instance:

          http://terapix.iap.fr/rubrique.php?id_rubrique=91/index.html).

       For more details, please refer to the VIMOS Pipeline User´s Guide.

OPTIONS

       --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  reduced science image. (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  removal from input science image. (bool; default: True). The full name
              of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is  vimos.Parameters.cosmics.clean
              [default = True].

       --CosmicsThreshold <float>
              Threshold  for cosmic ray candidate selection. (float; default: 4.0). The full name
              of     this     option     for     the     EsoRex     configuration     file     is
              vimos.Parameters.cosmics.threshold [default = 4.0].

       --CosmicsRatio <float>
              Ratio  for  discrimination  of objects and cosmics. (float; default: 2.0). The full
              name    of    this    option    for    the    EsoRex    configuration    file    is
              vimos.Parameters.cosmics.ratio [default = 2.0].

       --StarIndex <float>
              Stellarity index used to select stars in the image. (float; default: 0.5). The full
              name    of    this    option    for    the    EsoRex    configuration    file    is
              vimos.Parameters.matching.stellarity [default = 0.5].

       --SearchRadius <float>
              Aperture  used  for  object identification. (float; default: 2.0). The full name of
              this option for the EsoRex configuration file  is  vimos.Parameters.matching.radius
              [default = 2.0].

       --TemperatureCheck <bool>
              Check  beam temperature when updating the world coordinate system.  (bool; default:
              True). The  full  name  of  this  option  for  the  EsoRex  configuration  file  is
              vimos.Parameters.temperature.check [default = True].

       --TemperatureTolerance <float>
              Maximum  allowed difference between beam and ambient temperature.  (float; default:
              3.0).  The  full  name  of  this  option  for  the  EsoRex  configuration  file  is
              vimos.Parameters.temperature.tolerance [default = 3.0].

       --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].

       --SExtractor.AnalysisThresh <float>
              Surface brightness threshold for FWHM computation. (float; default: 2.5). The  full
              name    of    this    option    for    the    EsoRex    configuration    file    is
              vimos.SExtractor.AnalysisThresh [default = 2.5].

       --SExtractor.AssocData <str>
              Column indices for columns to copy to the catalog output. (str; default:  ´2,3,4´).
              The   full   name   of   this   option   for   the  EsoRex  configuration  file  is
              vimos.SExtractor.AssocData [default = 2,3,4].

       --SExtractor.AssocName <str>
              Name of the ASSOC file. (str; default: ´sky.list´). The full name  of  this  option
              for   the  EsoRex  configuration  file  is  vimos.SExtractor.AssocName  [default  =
              sky.list].

       --SExtractor.AssocParams <str>
              Column  indices  in  the  ASSOC  file  to  use  as  coordinates  and   weight   for
              cross-matching.  (str;  default:  ´2,3,4´).  The  full  name of this option for the
              EsoRex configuration file is vimos.SExtractor.AssocParams [default = 2,3,4].

       --SExtractor.AssocRadius <float>
              Search radius for ASSOC. (float; default: 2.0). The full name of  this  option  for
              the EsoRex configuration file is vimos.SExtractor.AssocRadius [default = 2.0].

       --SExtractor.AssocSelecType <str>
              Output  selector  for detected sources. (str; default: ´MATCHED´). The full name of
              this option for the EsoRex configuration  file  is  vimos.SExtractor.AssocSelecType
              [default = MATCHED].

       --SExtractor.AssocType <str>
              Method  for cross-matching. (str; default: ´MAG_SUM´). The full name of this option
              for  the  EsoRex  configuration  file  is  vimos.SExtractor.AssocType  [default   =
              MAG_SUM].

       --SExtractor.BackFilterSize <long>
              Size  (in  background meshes) of the background filtering mask. (long; default: 3).
              The  full  name  of  this   option   for   the   EsoRex   configuration   file   is
              vimos.SExtractor.BackFilterSize [default = 3].

       --SExtractor.BackPhotoThick <long>
              Thickness  of  the  background LOCAL annulus. (long; default: 24). The full name of
              this option for the EsoRex configuration  file  is  vimos.SExtractor.BackPhotoThick
              [default = 24].

       --SExtractor.BackPhotoType <str>
              Select  background  for  magnitude  computation. (str; default: ´GLOBAL´). The full
              name    of    this    option    for    the    EsoRex    configuration    file    is
              vimos.SExtractor.BackPhotoType [default = GLOBAL].

       --SExtractor.BackSize <long>
              Size  of  a  background mesh. (long; default: 64). The full name of this option for
              the EsoRex configuration file is vimos.SExtractor.BackSize [default = 64].

       --SExtractor.BackValue <float>
              Constant to subtract from the images for  MANUAL  background  subtraction.  (float;
              default:  0.0).  The  full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is
              vimos.SExtractor.BackValue [default = 0.0].

       --SExtractor.CatalogType <str>
              Select output  catalog  format  (only  ASCII_HEAD  is  supported).  (str;  default:
              ´ASCII_HEAD´).  The  full  name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is
              vimos.SExtractor.CatalogType [default = ASCII_HEAD].

       --SExtractor.CheckImageName <str>
              Check image file name. (str; default: ´check.fits´). The full name of  this  option
              for  the  EsoRex  configuration  file is vimos.SExtractor.CheckImageName [default =
              check.fits].

       --SExtractor.CheckImageType <str>
              Select information to put in the `check image´. (str; default:  ´NONE´).  The  full
              name    of    this    option    for    the    EsoRex    configuration    file    is
              vimos.SExtractor.CheckImageType [default = NONE].

       --SExtractor.Clean <str>
              If `Y´, clean catalog before writing. (str; default: ´Y´). The full  name  of  this
              option for the EsoRex configuration file is vimos.SExtractor.Clean [default = Y].

       --SExtractor.CleanParam <float>
              Cleaning  efficiency.  (float;  default: 1.0). The full name of this option for the
              EsoRex configuration file is vimos.SExtractor.CleanParam [default = 1.0].

       --SExtractor.DeblendMinCont <float>
              Minimum contrast for deblending. (float; default: 0.005). The  full  name  of  this
              option   for  the  EsoRex  configuration  file  is  vimos.SExtractor.DeblendMinCont
              [default = 0.005].

       --SExtractor.DeblendNthresh <long>
              Number of deblending sub-thresholds. (long; default: 32). The  full  name  of  this
              option   for  the  EsoRex  configuration  file  is  vimos.SExtractor.DeblendNthresh
              [default = 32].

       --SExtractor.DetectMinArea <long>
              Minimum number of pixels above threshold triggering detection. (long; default:  5).
              The   full   name   of   this   option   for   the  EsoRex  configuration  file  is
              vimos.SExtractor.DetectMinArea [default = 5].

       --SExtractor.DetectThresh <float>
              Detection threshold (relative to background RMS). (float; default: 2.0).  The  full
              name    of    this    option    for    the    EsoRex    configuration    file    is
              vimos.SExtractor.DetectThresh [default = 2.0].

       --SExtractor.DetectType <str>
              Device type the image originates from. (str; default: ´CCD´). The full name of this
              option  for the EsoRex configuration file is vimos.SExtractor.DetectType [default =
              CCD].

       --SExtractor.Filter <str>
              If `Y´, filter data before extraction. (str; default: ´N´). The full name  of  this
              option for the EsoRex configuration file is vimos.SExtractor.Filter [default = N].

       --SExtractor.FilterName <str>
              Name   of   the   file   containing   the   filter   definition.   (str;   default:
              ´/usr/share/esopipes/vimos-3.0.6/config/vimos.conv´). The full name of this  option
              for  the  EsoRex  configuration  file  is  vimos.SExtractor.FilterName  [default  =
              /usr/share/esopipes/vimos-3.0.6/config/vimos.conv].

       --SExtractor.FilterThresh <str>
              Lower, upper threshold (in background  sigmas)  for  filtering  (retina-  filtering
              only).   (str;  default:  ´´).  The  full  name  of  this  option  for  the  EsoRex
              configuration file is vimos.SExtractor.FilterThresh [default = ].

       --SExtractor.FlagImage <str>
              Flag image file name. (str; default: ´flag.fits´). The full name of this option for
              the EsoRex configuration file is vimos.SExtractor.FlagImage [default = flag.fits].

       --SExtractor.FlagType <str>
              Flag combination method. (str; default: ´OR´). The full name of this option for the
              EsoRex configuration file is vimos.SExtractor.FlagType [default = OR].

       --SExtractor.InterpMaxXlag <long>
              Maximum X gap allowed in interpolation. (long; default: 16). The full name of  this
              option for the EsoRex configuration file is vimos.SExtractor.InterpMaxXlag [default
              = 16].

       --SExtractor.InterpMaxYlag <long>
              Maximum Y gap allowed in interpolation. (long; default: 16). The full name of  this
              option for the EsoRex configuration file is vimos.SExtractor.InterpMaxYlag [default
              = 16].

       --SExtractor.InterpType <str>
              Interpolation method. (str; default: ´ALL´). The full name of this option  for  the
              EsoRex configuration file is vimos.SExtractor.InterpType [default = ALL].

       --SExtractor.MagGamma <float>
              Gamma  of  emulsion (only used in PHOTO mode). (float; default: 4.0). The full name
              of this option for  the  EsoRex  configuration  file  is  vimos.SExtractor.MagGamma
              [default = 4.0].

       --SExtractor.MagZeropoint <float>
              Zero-point  offset  to apply to magnitudes. (float; default: 0.0). The full name of
              this option for the  EsoRex  configuration  file  is  vimos.SExtractor.MagZeropoint
              [default = 0.0].

       --SExtractor.MaskType <str>
              Masking  of  neighbours for photometry. (str; default: ´CORRECT´). The full name of
              this option for the EsoRex configuration file is vimos.SExtractor.MaskType [default
              = CORRECT].

       --SExtractor.MemoryBufSize <long>
              Number  of  scan-lines in the image buffer. (long; default: 1024). The full name of
              this option for the EsoRex  configuration  file  is  vimos.SExtractor.MemoryBufSize
              [default = 1024].

       --SExtractor.MemoryObjStack <long>
              Maximum  number of objects the object stack can contain. (long; default: 2000). The
              full   name   of   this   option   for   the   EsoRex   configuration    file    is
              vimos.SExtractor.MemoryObjStack [default = 2000].

       --SExtractor.MemoryPixStack <long>
              Maximum  number of pixels the pixel stack can contain. (long; default: 100000). The
              full   name   of   this   option   for   the   EsoRex   configuration    file    is
              vimos.SExtractor.MemoryPixStack [default = 100000].

       --SExtractor.PhotApertures <float>
              Aperture  diameters used for MAG_APER. (float; default: 5.0). The full name of this
              option for the EsoRex configuration file is vimos.SExtractor.PhotApertures [default
              = 5.0].

       --SExtractor.PhotAutoParams <str>
              MAG_AUTO  controls:  1st  order  moment  scaling  parameter,  minimum  Rmin.  (str;
              default: ´2.5,3.5´). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file
              is vimos.SExtractor.PhotAutoParams [default = 2.5,3.5].

       --SExtractor.SExtractor <str>
              Path to the sextractor executable. (str; default: ´/usr/bin/sex´). The full name of
              this option  for  the  EsoRex  configuration  file  is  vimos.SExtractor.SExtractor
              [default = /usr/bin/sex].

       --SExtractor.SaturLevel <float>
              Pixel  values  above  are considered saturated. (float; default: 60000.0). The full
              name    of    this    option    for    the    EsoRex    configuration    file    is
              vimos.SExtractor.SaturLevel [default = 60000.0].

       --SExtractor.StarNnwName <str>
              Name     of     the    neuronal    network    weights    file.    (str;    default:
              ´/usr/share/esopipes/vimos-3.0.6/config/vimos.nnw´). The full name of  this  option
              for  the  EsoRex  configuration  file  is  vimos.SExtractor.StarNnwName  [default =
              /usr/share/esopipes/vimos-3.0.6/config/vimos.nnw].

       --SExtractor.Timeout <float>
              Time after which sextractor will be aborted. (float; default: 300.0). The full name
              of  this  option  for  the  EsoRex  configuration  file is vimos.SExtractor.Timeout
              [default = 300.0].

       --SExtractor.VerboseType <str>
              Selects verbosity level. (str; default: ´QUIET´). The full name of this option  for
              the EsoRex configuration file is vimos.SExtractor.VerboseType [default = QUIET].

       --SExtractor.WeightType <str>
              Selects  the weighting scheme. (str; default: ´NONE´). The full name of this option
              for the EsoRex configuration file is vimos.SExtractor.WeightType [default = NONE].

       --SExtractor.Window <str>
              Frame window used in SExtractor detection. (str; default: ´100,100,1948,2340´). The
              full    name    of   this   option   for   the   EsoRex   configuration   file   is
              vimos.SExtractor.Window [default = 100,100,1948,2340].

       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), vmdark(7), vmdet(7), vmifucalib(7),
       vmifucombine(7), vmifucombinecube(7), vmifuscience(7),  vmifustandard(7),  vmimcalphot(7),
       vmimflatscreen(7),  vmimflatsky(7),  vmimobsjitter(7), vmimpreimaging(7), vmimstandard(7),
       vmmoscalib(7),  vmmoscombine(7),  vmmosobsjitter(7),  vmmosobsstare(7),   vmmosscience(7),
       vmmosstandard(7), vmspcaldisp(7), vmspflat(7), vmspphot(7)

VERSION

       vmimobsstare 3.0.6

AUTHOR

       ESO VIMOS Pipeline Team and VIMOS Consortium <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.

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