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.
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