NAME

       visir_util_img_std_cat - Convert ASCII-file(s) to a FITS standard star catalog

SYNOPSIS

       esorex visir_util_img_std_cat [OPTIONS] FILE.sof

DESCRIPTION

       This  recipe  generates  a  FITS  standard  star  catalog  for  imaging  from  one or more
       ASCII-files.

       Each line in the text file must have 45 fields separated by white-space.

       The first field is the star name, e.g. ´HD108903´ which will be stored in a  table  column
       labeled ´STARS´.

       The  3 next fields are the RA (hh mm ss) which will be stored in degrees in a table column
       labeled ´RA´ - all three are non-negative and hh and mm are integer.

       The 3 next fields are the DEC (dd mm ss) which will be stored in degrees in a table column
       labeled  ´DEC´  - all three are non-negative, dd and mm are integer, while dd has either a
       ´+´ or a ´-´ prepended (including -00).

       The next field is the spectral type which  will  be  stored  in  a  table  column  labeled
       ´SP_TYPE´.

       The 31 next fields are the JY values for the 31 supported image filters.

       The 6 next fields are the JY values for the 6 supported spectral filters.

       All JY values must be positive.

       For each filter the JY value is stored in a table column labeled with the filter name.

       The 37 filter names are hard-coded in the recipe.

       Lines beginning with a hash (#) are treated as comments.

       The  ASCII-input  should  be tagged IMG_LINES_ASCII, but all input files will currently be
       processed regardless.

OPTIONS

       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 visir pipeline can be downloaded as a PDF  file  using  the
       following URL:

              ftp://ftp.eso.org/pub/dfs/pipelines/visir/visir-pipeline-manual-1.4.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  visir  pipeline  are  visir_img_dark(7),  visir_img_ff(7),
       visir_img_reduce(7), visir_img_trans(7), visir_old_img_combine(7),  visir_old_img_phot(7),
       visir_old_spc_obs(7),           visir_old_spc_obs_ech(7),           visir_old_spc_phot(7),
       visir_old_spc_phot_ech(7),        visir_old_spc_wcal(7),        visir_old_spc_wcal_ech(7),
       visir_old_util_destripe(7),         visir_spc_reduce(7),        visir_util_apply_calib(7),
       visir_util_clip(7),       visir_util_convert_weight(7),        visir_util_detect_shift(7),
       visir_util_join(7),   visir_util_qc(7),   visir_util_repack(7),   visir_util_run_swarp(7),
       visir_util_spc_std_cat(7), visir_util_spc_txt2fits(7), visir_util_undistort(7)

VERSION

       visir_util_img_std_cat 4.3.3

AUTHOR

       Lars Lundin <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  VISIR Instrument Pipeline Copyright (C) 2004, 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  02111-1307  USA