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NAME
fors_wave_calib - Derive dispersion relation from rectified arc lamp frame
SYNOPSIS
esorex fors_wave_calib [OPTIONS] FILE.sof
DESCRIPTION
This recipe is used to wavelength calibrate MOS/MXU slit spectra contained in the
rectified arc lamp exposure produced with recipe fors_extract_slits.
A pattern-matching algorithm is applied as in recipe fors_detect_spectra.
The input spatial map is used in the production of the wavelength map.
Use recipe fors_wave_calib_lss for LSS data, or for MOS/MXU data where all slits have the
same offset. For more details on this data reduction strategy please refer to the FORS
Pipeline User´s Manual.
Note that specifying an input GRISM_TABLE will set some of the recipe configuration
parameters to default values valid for a particular grism.
In the table below the MXU acronym can be alternatively read as MOS.
Input files:
DO category: Type: Explanation: Required:
SPATIAL_MAP_MXU Calib Spatial map Y
RECTIFIED_LAMP_MXU Calib Rectified arc exposure Y
SLIT_LOCATION_MXU Calib Slit location table Y
CURV_COEFF_MXU Calib Spectral curvature Y
MASTER_LINECAT Calib Line catalog Y
GRISM_TABLE Calib Grism table .
Output files:
DO category: Data type: Explanation:
REDUCED_LAMP_MXU FITS image Calibrated arc lamp exposure
DISP_COEFF_MXU FITS table Inverse dispersion coefficients
DISP_RESIDUALS_MXU FITS image Image of modeling residuals
WAVELENGTH_MAP_MXU FITS image Wavelengths mapped on CCD
SPECTRAL_RESOLUTION_MXU FITS table Spectral resolution table
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_wave_calib.dispersion
[default = 0.0].
--peakdetection <float>
Initial peak detection threshold (ADU) (float; default: 0.0). The full name of this
option for the EsoRex configuration file is fors.fors_wave_calib.peakdetection
[default = 0.0].
--wdegree <long>
Degree of wavelength calibration polynomial (long; default: 0). The full name of
this option for the EsoRex configuration file is fors.fors_wave_calib.wdegree
[default = 0].
--wradius <long>
Search radius if iterating pattern-matching with first-guess method (long; default:
4). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is
fors.fors_wave_calib.wradius [default = 4].
--wreject <float>
Rejection threshold in dispersion relation fit (pixel) (float; default: 0.7). The
full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is
fors.fors_wave_calib.wreject [default = 0.7].
--wcolumn <str>
Name of line catalog table column with wavelengths (str; default: ´WLEN´). The full
name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is
fors.fors_wave_calib.wcolumn [default = WLEN].
--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_wave_calib.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_wave_calib.endwavelength
[default = 0.0].
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_config(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_lss(7), fors_zeropoint(7)
VERSION
fors_wave_calib 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
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