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NAME
vmimpreimaging - Reduce a preimaging science exposure.
SYNOPSIS
esorex vmimpreimaging [OPTIONS] FILE.sof
DESCRIPTION
This recipe is used to apply basic reduction steps to the imaging observation that is
preliminary to a MOS observation of the same field. No source detection is attempted on
the image. The image WCS, together with the component describing the instrument optical
distortions, is converted into the convention followed by VMMPS (the VIMOS mask
preparation software). This set of coefficients, the so-called CO-matrix used by the SAO
WCSTools package, is written to the header of the reduced image.
Input files:
DO category: Type: Explanation: Required:
IMG_PREIMAGING Raw Preimaging exposure Y
MASTER_BIAS Calib Master bias Y
IMG_MASTER_SKY_FLAT Calib Master sky flat Y
PHOT_COEFF_TABLE Calib Photometric table .
CCD_TABLE Calib Bad pixel table .
Output files:
DO category: Data type: Explanation:
IMG_SCIENCE_REDUCED FITS image Reduced preimaging exposure
If a photometric table is specified, the magnitude zeropoint, the atmospheric extinction
coefficient, and the colour term are copied from the photometric table to the header of
the reduced image. A CCD table must be specified in input only if a bad pixel cleaning is
requested.
For more details, please refer to the VIMOS Pipeline User´s Guide.
OPTIONS
--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 reduced science image. (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 removal from the input science image. (bool; default: True). The full
name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is
vimos.Parameters.cosmics.clean [default = True].
--CosmicsThreshold <float>
Threshold for cosmic ray candidate selection. (float; default: 4.0). The full name
of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is
vimos.Parameters.cosmics.threshold [default = 4.0].
--CosmicsRatio <float>
Ratio for discrimination of objects and cosmics. (float; default: 2.0). The full
name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is
vimos.Parameters.cosmics.ratio [default = 2.0].
--TemperatureCheck <bool>
Check beam temperature when updating the world coordinate system. (bool; default:
True). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is
vimos.Parameters.temperature.check [default = True].
--TemperatureTolerance <float>
Maximum allowed difference between beam and ambient temperature. (float; default:
3.0). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is
vimos.Parameters.temperature.tolerance [default = 3.0].
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), 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), vmdark(7), vmifuscience(7)
VERSION
vmimpreimaging 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.
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