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

       --stack-maxreject <long>
              Maximum rejection level for method minmax (long; 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 <long>
              Sigma  Clipping:  maximum number of iterations (long; 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 <long>
              Order  of X polynomial fit (CURVE method only) (long; default: 1). The full name of
              this  option  for  the  EsoRex  configuration  file  is  giraffe.biasremoval.xorder
              [default = 1].

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

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

       --bsremove-ystep <long>
              Sampling step along Y (CURVE method only) (long; 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
       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 giraf pipeline are gimasterbias(7), giscience(7),  gistandard(7),
       gimasterflat(7), giwavecalibration(7), giframestack(7)

VERSION

       gimasterdark 2.11.1

AUTHOR

       Giraffe Pipeline <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 GIRAFFE Instrument Pipeline
        Copyright (C) 2002-2006 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