NAME

       visir_util_spc_txt2fits - Generate spectrum calibration FITS tables

SYNOPSIS

       esorex visir_util_spc_txt2fits [OPTIONS] FILE.sof

DESCRIPTION

       This recipe shall be used to generate spectrum calibration tables.

       The  sof  file  shall  consist  of  1  line  with  the name of an ASCII-file currently tagged with either
       SPC_LINES_ASCII or SPC_QEFF_ASCII.

       The file must comprise two columns: 1st: Must be wavelengths in increasing order in units of  meter  2nd:
       For SPC_LINES_ASCII-files must be the atmospheric emission, while
            for SPC_QEFF_ASCII-files must be the quantum efficiency of the detector.

       A  SPC_LINES_ASCII-file  will  generate  a SPEC_CAL_LINES-file, and a SPC_QEFF_ASCII-file will generate a
       SPEC_CAL_QEFF-file.

       The current SPEC_CAL_LINES- and SPEC_CAL_QEFF-files are generated using the ASCII-files in the  catalogs/
       directory of the VISIR source-code distribution.

OPTIONS

       --qeff <float>
              Ignored  (float;  default: 1.0). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is
              visir.visir_util_spc_txt2fits.qeff [default = 1.0].

       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 visir pipeline can be downloaded as a PDF file using the following URL:

              ftp://ftp.eso.org/pub/dfs/pipelines/visir/visir-pipeline-manual-1.4.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  visir pipeline are visir_img_dark(7), visir_img_ff(7), visir_img_reduce(7),
       visir_img_trans(7),      visir_old_img_combine(7),      visir_old_img_phot(7),      visir_old_spc_obs(7),
       visir_old_spc_obs_ech(7),    visir_old_spc_phot(7),   visir_old_spc_phot_ech(7),   visir_old_spc_wcal(7),
       visir_old_spc_wcal_ech(7),  visir_old_util_destripe(7),  visir_spc_reduce(7),  visir_util_apply_calib(7),
       visir_util_clip(7),  visir_util_convert_weight(7), visir_util_detect_shift(7), visir_util_img_std_cat(7),
       visir_util_join(7),        visir_util_qc(7),        visir_util_repack(7),        visir_util_run_swarp(7),
       visir_util_spc_std_cat(7), visir_util_undistort(7)

VERSION

       visir_util_spc_txt2fits 4.1.0

AUTHOR

       Lars Lundin <llundin@eso.org>

BUG REPORTS

       Please  report  any  problems  to  llundin@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 VISIR Instrument Pipeline Copyright (C) 2004, 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  02111-1307  USA