NAME

       gimasterdark - Creates a master dark image from a set of raw dark frames.

SYNOPSIS

       esorex gimasterdark [OPTIONS] FILE.sof

DESCRIPTION

       For detailed information please refer to the GIRAFFE pipeline user manual.

       It is available at http://www.eso.org/pipelines.

OPTIONS

       --stack-method <str>
              Stacking method: average, median, minmax or ksigma (str; default: ´median´). The full name of this
              option for the EsoRex configuration file is giraffe.stacking.method [default = median].

       --stack-ksigmalow <float>
              Lower threshold multiplier for method ksigma (float; default: 5.0). The full name of  this  option
              for the EsoRex configuration file is giraffe.stacking.ksigma.low [default = 5.0].

       --stack-ksigmahigh <float>
              Upper  threshold  multiplier for method ksigma (float; default: 5.0). The full name of this option
              for the EsoRex configuration file is giraffe.stacking.ksigma.high [default = 5.0].

       --stack-minreject <int>
              Minimum rejection level for method minmax (int; default: 1). The full name of this option for  the
              EsoRex configuration file is giraffe.stacking.minmax.minimum [default = 1].

       --stack-maxreject <int>
              Maximum  rejection level for method minmax (int; default: 1). The full name of this option for the
              EsoRex configuration file is giraffe.stacking.minmax.maximum [default = 1].

       --remove-bias <bool>
              Enable bias removal  (bool;  default:  True).  The  full  name  of  this  option  for  the  EsoRex
              configuration file is giraffe.biasremoval.remove [default = True].

       --bsremove-method <str>
              Bias  removal  method  (str;  default:  ´PROFILE´).  The  full  name of this option for the EsoRex
              configuration file is giraffe.biasremoval.method [default = PROFILE].

       --bsremove-areas <str>
              Bias areas to use (Xl0:Xr0:Yl0:Yr0, ... ,Xln:Xrn:Yln:Yrn) (str; default: ´5:40:0:4095´). The  full
              name  of  this  option  for  the EsoRex configuration file is giraffe.biasremoval.areas [default =
              5:40:0:4095].

       --bsremove-sigma <float>
              Sigma Clipping: sigma threshold factor (float; default: 2.5). The full name of this option for the
              EsoRex configuration file is giraffe.biasremoval.sigma [default = 2.5].

       --bsremove-niter <int>
              Sigma  Clipping:  maximum number of iterations (int; default: 5). The full name of this option for
              the EsoRex configuration file is giraffe.biasremoval.iterations [default = 5].

       --bsremove-mfrac <float>
              Sigma Clipping: minimum fraction of points accepted/total [0.0..1.0] (float;  default:  0.8).  The
              full  name  of  this  option  for  the  EsoRex  configuration file is giraffe.biasremoval.fraction
              [default = 0.8].

       --bsremove-xorder <int>
              Order of X polynomial fit (CURVE method only) (int; default: 1). The full name of this option  for
              the EsoRex configuration file is giraffe.biasremoval.xorder [default = 1].

       --bsremove-yorder <int>
              Order  of Y polynomial fit (CURVE method only) (int; default: 1). The full name of this option for
              the EsoRex configuration file is giraffe.biasremoval.yorder [default = 1].

       --bsremove-xstep <int>
              Sampling step along X (CURVE method only) (int; default: 1). The full name of this option for  the
              EsoRex configuration file is giraffe.biasremoval.xstep [default = 1].

       --bsremove-ystep <int>
              Sampling  step along Y (CURVE method only) (int; default: 1). The full name of this option for the
              EsoRex configuration file is giraffe.biasremoval.ystep [default = 1].

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

              ftp://ftp.eso.org/pub/dfs/pipelines/giraffe/giraf-pipeline-manual-2.11.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  giraf  pipeline  are  giframestack(7),  gimasterbias(7),  gimasterflat(7),
       giscience(7), gistandard(7), giwavecalibration(7)

VERSION

       gimasterdark 2.16.10

AUTHOR

       Giraffe Pipeline <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 GIRAFFE Instrument Pipeline
        Copyright (C) 2002-2014 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.

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