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NAME
vmifucalib - Generate IFU calibrations from a set of flat and arc lamp exposures.
SYNOPSIS
esorex vmifucalib [OPTIONS] FILE.sof
DESCRIPTION
This recipe produces the extraction mask, the wavelength calibration, and the relative transmission
correction, from a set of flat field and one arc lamp exposures (IFU mode).
Input files:
DO category: Type: Explanation: Required:
IFU_SCREEN_FLAT Raw Flat field Y
IFU_ARC_SPECTRUM Raw Arc spectrum .
LINE_CATALOG Calib Arc line catalog .
MASTER_BIAS Calib Master bias Y
IFU_IDENT Calib Fiber identification .
CCD_TABLE Calib Bad pixel table .
Output files:
DO category: Data type: Explanation:
IFU_MASTER_SCREEN_FLAT FITS image Stack of all raw flat fields
IFU_ARC_SPECTRUM_EXTRACTED FITS image Extracted arc spectra
IFU_FLAT_SPECTRUM_EXTRACTED FITS image Extracted flat field spectra
IFU_TRACE FITS table Extraction mask
IFU_IDS FITS table Wavelength calibration
IFU_TRANSMISSION FITS table Transmission correction
An arc spectrum exposure may not be specified in input, but in that case no wavelength calibration nor
fiber relative transmission correction will be computed, and further reduction of associated scientific
data will not be possible; the only products in this case will be the stack of all the input raw flat
field exposures, and the extraction mask. If the arc spectrum exposure is specified in input, then also a
line catalog must be given. The fiber identification table, if given, ensures that all spectra will be
safely identified and assigned to the correct spatial position, but in most cases it will be possible to
reduce the data even without specifying this table in the input SOF. 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>
Flat fields 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>
Flat fields combination method. (str; default: ´MinMax´). The full name of this option for the
EsoRex configuration file is vimos.Parameters.stacking.method [default = MinMax].
--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: 0). The full name of this
option for the EsoRex configuration file is vimos.Parameters.stacking.minmax.minimum [default =
0].
--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 flat field. (bool; default: False). The full name of this option
for the EsoRex configuration file is vimos.Parameters.badpixel.clean [default = False].
--ApplyTransmission <bool>
Apply transmission correction to extracted arc lamp spectra (bool; default: True). The full name
of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is vimos.Parameters.apply.transmission [default =
True].
--MaxIdsRms <float>
Maximum tolerated RMS of residuals in IDS fit (float; default: 2.0). The full name of this option
for the EsoRex configuration file is vimos.Parameters.ids.maxrms [default = 2.0].
--LineIdent <str>
Arc line identification method. (str; default: ´Blind´). The full name of this option for the
EsoRex configuration file is vimos.Parameters.line.ident.method [default = Blind].
--MaxTraceRejection <long>
Maximum percentage of rejected positions in fiber spectra tracing (long; default: 33). The full
name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is vimos.Parameters.trace.failed [default =
33].
--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 vmbias(7), vmdark(7), vmdet(7), vmifucombine(7),
vmifucombinecube(7), vmifuscience(7), vmifustandard(7), vmimcalphot(7), vmimflatscreen(7),
vmimflatsky(7), vmimobsjitter(7), vmimobsstare(7), vmimpreimaging(7), vmimstandard(7), vmmoscalib(7),
vmmoscombine(7), vmmosobsjitter(7), vmmosobsstare(7), vmmosscience(7), vmmosstandard(7), vmspcaldisp(7),
vmspflat(7), vmspphot(7)
VERSION
vmifucalib 3.0.6
AUTHOR
ESO VIMOS Pipeline Team and VIMOS Consortium <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 currently part of the VIMOS Instrument Pipeline Copyright (C) 2002-2011 European Southern
Observatory
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
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