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NAME
fors_config - Creation of FORS recipes configuration tables
SYNOPSIS
esorex fors_config [OPTIONS] FILE.sof
DESCRIPTION
This recipe is used to create the so-called GRISM_TABLE, containing all the FORS spectral pipeline
configuration parameters related to a specific grism. This is a way to provide for each specific
instrument mode a set of appropriate defaults for the recipe parameters.
The values assigned to each input parameter of fors_config are simply copied to a FITS table consisting
of one row, and as many columns as the input parameter: each column will have the same name and type of
each parameter. Only the three parameters "instrument", "grism", and "id" are not written to the table
columns, but to the descriptor header keywords INSTRUME, ESO INS GRIS1 NAME, and ESO INS GRIS1 ID, that
will be used by the automatic pipeline for appropriate data association.
Input files: none
DO category: Type: Explanation: Required: Output files:
DO category: Data type: Explanation:
GRISM_TABLE FITS table Recipe configuration parameters
OPTIONS
--dispersion <float>
Expected spectral dispersion (Angstrom/pixel) (float; default: 0.0). The full name of this option
for the EsoRex configuration file is fors.fors_config.dispersion [default = 0.0].
--peakdetection <float>
Peak detection threshold (ADU) (float; default: 250.0). The full name of this option for the
EsoRex configuration file is fors.fors_config.peakdetection [default = 250.0].
--wdegree <long>
Degree of wavelength calibration polynomial (long; default: 4). The full name of this option for
the EsoRex configuration file is fors.fors_config.wdegree [default = 4].
--cdegree <long>
Degree of spectral curvature polynomial (long; default: 4). The full name of this option for the
EsoRex configuration file is fors.fors_config.cdegree [default = 4].
--startwavelength <float>
Start wavelength in spectral extraction (float; default: 0.0). The full name of this option for
the EsoRex configuration file is fors.fors_config.startwavelength [default = 0.0].
--endwavelength <float>
End wavelength in spectral extraction (float; default: 0.0). The full name of this option for the
EsoRex configuration file is fors.fors_config.endwavelength [default = 0.0].
--instrument <str>
Name of instrument (str; default: ´0´). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration
file is fors.fors_config.instrument [default = 0].
--grism <str>
Name of grism (str; default: ´0´). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file
is fors.fors_config.grism [default = 0].
--grism_id <str>
Grism ID (str; default: ´0´). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is
fors.fors_config.grism_id [default = 0].
--filter <str>
Name of filter (str; default: ´0´). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file
is fors.fors_config.filter [default = 0].
--filter_id <str>
Filter ID (str; default: ´0´). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is
fors.fors_config.filter_id [default = 0].
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 fors pipeline can be downloaded as a PDF file using the following URL:
ftp://ftp.eso.org/pub/dfs/pipelines/fors/fors-pipeline-manual-4.9.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 fors pipeline are fors_align_sky(7), fors_align_sky_lss(7), fors_bias(7),
fors_calib(7), fors_dark(7), fors_detect_objects(7), fors_detect_spectra(7), fors_extract(7),
fors_extract_objects(7), fors_extract_slits(7), fors_flatfield(7), fors_img_science(7),
fors_img_screen_flat(7), fors_img_sky_flat(7), fors_normalise_flat(7), fors_photometry(7),
fors_pmos_calib(7), fors_pmos_extract(7), fors_pmos_science(7), fors_remove_bias(7), fors_resample(7),
fors_science(7), fors_spec_mflat(7), fors_subtract_sky(7), fors_subtract_sky_lss(7), fors_sumflux(7),
fors_trace_flat(7), fors_wave_calib(7), fors_wave_calib_lss(7), fors_zeropoint(7)
VERSION
fors_config 5.3.23
AUTHOR
Carlo Izzo <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 currently part of the FORS Instrument Pipeline Copyright (C) 2002-2010 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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the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public
License for more details.
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