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NAME
vmdark - Create a master dark from set of raw dark frames.
SYNOPSIS
esorex vmdark [OPTIONS] FILE.sof
DESCRIPTION
This recipe is used to create a master dark frame from a set of raw dark frames.
Input files:
DO category: Type: Explanation: Required:
DARK Raw Dark exposure Y
MASTER_BIAS Calib Master bias Y
CCD_TABLE Calib Bad pixel table .
Output files:
DO category: Data type: Explanation:
MASTER_DARK FITS image Master dark
A CCD table must be specified only if a bad pixel cleaning is requested.
For more details, please refer to the VIMOS Pipeline User´s Guide.
OPTIONS
--AllowSingleFrames <bool>
Frame combination method is ignored. (bool; default: True). The full name of this
option for the EsoRex configuration file is vimos.Parameters.stacking.singleframes
[default = True].
--StackMethod <str>
Frame combination method. (str; default: ´Median´). The full name of this option
for the EsoRex configuration file is vimos.Parameters.stacking.method [default =
Median].
--KSigmaLow <float>
Low threshold for K-sigma clipping method. (float; default: 5.0). The full name of
this option for the EsoRex configuration file is
vimos.Parameters.stacking.ksigma.low [default = 5.0].
--KSigmaHigh <float>
High threshold for K-sigma clipping method. (float; default: 5.0). The full name of
this option for the EsoRex configuration file is
vimos.Parameters.stacking.ksigma.high [default = 5.0].
--MinRejection <int>
Number of lowest rejected values for rejection method. (int; default: 1). The full
name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is
vimos.Parameters.stacking.minmax.minimum [default = 1].
--MaxRejection <int>
Number of highest rejected values for rejection method. (int; default: 1). The full
name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is
vimos.Parameters.stacking.minmax.maximum [default = 1].
--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 master dark. (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 events cleaning from raw darks. (bool; default: True). The full name of
this option for the EsoRex configuration file is vimos.Parameters.cosmics.clean
[default = True].
--CosmicThreshold <float>
Threshold to identify cosmic rays candidates. (float; default: 4.0). The full name
of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is
vimos.Parameters.cosmics.threshold [default = 4.0].
--CosmicRatio <float>
Min ratio between peak and nearby pixels for a cosmic ray. (float; default: 2.0).
The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is
vimos.Parameters.cosmics.ratio [default = 2.0].
--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].
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
https://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
https://packages.python.org/python-cpl/index.html for further information.
The other recipes of the vimos pipeline are vimos_ima_bias(7), vimos_ima_dark(7),
vimos_ima_det_noise(7), vimos_ima_fringe(7), vimos_ima_science(7), vimos_ima_standard(7),
vimos_ima_twilight_flat(7), vmbias(7), vmdet(7), vmifucalib(7), vmifucombine(7),
vmifucombinecube(7), vmifuscience(7), vmifustandard(7), vmmoscalib(7), vmmosscience(7),
vmspphot(7)
VERSION
vmdark 4.1.7
AUTHOR
ESO VIMOS Pipeline Team <https://support.eso.org>
BUG REPORTS
Please report any problems to https://support.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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without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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