SYNOPSIS

esorex fors_dark [OPTIONS] FILE.sof

DESCRIPTION

This recipe is used to combine input raw DARK frames into a master dark frame by subtracing the master bias and using the given stacking method.

The overscan regions, if present, are removed from the result.

Input files:

  DO category:               Type:       Explanation:         Required:
  DARK                       Raw         Dark frame              Y
  MASTER_BIAS                FITS image  Master bias             Y

Output files:

  DO category:               Data type:  Explanation:
  MASTER_DARK                FITS image  Master dark frame

OPTIONS

--stack_method <str>

Frames combination method (str; default: \'median\'). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is fors.fors_dark.stack_method [default = median].

--minrejection <long>

Number of lowest values to be rejected (long; default: 1). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is fors.fors_dark.minrejection [default = 1].

--maxrejection <long>

Number of highest values to be rejected (long; default: 1). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is fors.fors_dark.maxrejection [default = 1].

--klow <float>

Low threshold in ksigma method (float; default: 3.0). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is fors.fors_dark.klow [default = 3.0].

--khigh <float>

High threshold in ksigma method (float; default: 3.0). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is fors.fors_dark.khigh [default = 3.0].

--kiter <long>

Max number of iterations in ksigma method (long; default: 999). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is fors.fors_dark.kiter [default = 999].

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.

RELATED TO fors_dark…

The full documentation for the fors pipeline can be downloaded as a PDF file using the following URL:

  • ftp://ftp.eso.org/pub/dfs/pipelines/fors/fors-pipeline-manual-4.9.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 fors pipeline are fors_wave_calib_lss(7), fors_img_sky_flat(7), fors_resample(7), fors_config(7), fors_extract_objects(7), fors_calib(7), fors_wave_calib(7), fors_detect_objects(7), fors_pmos_science(7), fors_extract_slits(7), test_hough(7), fors_img_screen_flat(7), fors_extract(7), fors_remove_bias(7), fors_subtract_sky(7), fors_normalise_flat(7), montecarlo(7), fors_photometry(7), fors_zeropoint(7), fors_subtract_sky_lss(7), fors_trace_flat(7), fors_flatfield(7), fors_img_science(7), fors_detect_spectra(7), fors_sumflux(7), fors_pmos_extract(7), fors_align_sky_lss(7), fors_bias(7), fors_align_sky(7), fors_pmos_calib(7), fors_spec_mflat(7), fors_science(7)

VERSION

fors_dark 5.0.0

AUTHOR

Jonas M. Larsen <[email protected]>

BUG REPORTS

Please report any problems to [email protected]. Alternatively, you may send a report to the ESO User Support Department <[email protected]>.

LICENSE

This file is currently part of the FORS Instrument Pipeline Copyright (C) 2002-2011 European Southern Observatory

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