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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 <long>
              Number of lowest rejected values for rejection method. (long; default: 1). The full
              name    of    this    option    for    the    EsoRex    configuration    file    is
              vimos.Parameters.stacking.minmax.minimum [default = 1].

       --MaxRejection <long>
              Number  of  highest  rejected  values for rejection method. (long; 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
       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  vimos  pipeline  are  vmifucombinecube(7),  vmifucalib(7),
       vmimflatsky(7),  vmspflat(7),  vmmosobsstare(7),   vmimflatscreen(7),   vmimpreimaging(7),
       vmimcalphot(7),   vmmoscombine(7),  vmimstandard(7),  vmmosobsjitter(7),  vmimobsstare(7),
       vmimobsjitter(7),    vmspphot(7),     vmdet(7),     vmmosscience(7),     vmmosstandard(7),
       vmspcaldisp(7),     vmifustandard(7),     vmbias(7),    vmmoscalib(7),    vmifucombine(7),
       vmifuscience(7)

VERSION

       vmdark 2.9.9

AUTHOR

       ESO VIMOS Pipeline Team <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  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.

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