NAME

       visir_util_spc_txt2fits - Generate spectrum calibration FITS tables

SYNOPSIS

       esorex visir_util_spc_txt2fits [OPTIONS] FILE.sof

DESCRIPTION

       This recipe shall be used to generate spectrum calibration tables.

       The  sof file shall consist of 1 line with the name of an ASCII-file currently tagged with
       either SPC_LINES_ASCII or SPC_QEFF_ASCII.

       The file must comprise two columns: 1st: Must be wavelengths in increasing order in  units
       of meter 2nd: For SPC_LINES_ASCII-files must be the atmospheric emission, while
            for SPC_QEFF_ASCII-files must be the quantum efficiency of the detector.

       A SPC_LINES_ASCII-file will generate a SPEC_CAL_LINES-file, and a SPC_QEFF_ASCII-file will
       generate a SPEC_CAL_QEFF-file.

       The current SPEC_CAL_LINES- and SPEC_CAL_QEFF-files are generated using the ASCII-files in
       the catalogs/ directory of the VISIR source-code distribution.

OPTIONS

       --qeff <float>
              Ignored  (float;  default:  1.0).  The  full  name  of  this  option for the EsoRex
              configuration file is visir.visir_util_spc_txt2fits.qeff [default = 1.0].

       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 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_img_std_cat(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_undistort(7)

VERSION

       visir_util_spc_txt2fits 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;
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       MA  02111-1307  USA