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.

       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  02110-1301 USA

vmdark                                                4.1.7                                            VMDARK(7)