fors_pmos_calib(7) Determination of the extraction mask

SYNOPSIS

esorex fors_pmos_calib [OPTIONS] FILE.sof

DESCRIPTION

This recipe is used to identify reference lines on PMOS arc lamp exposures, and trace the spectral edges on the corresponding flat field exposures. This information is used to determine the spectral extraction mask to be applied in the scientific data reduction, performed with the recipe fors_science.

This recipe accepts both FORS1 and FORS2 frames. The input arc lamps and flat field exposures are assumed to be obtained quasi-simultaneously, so that they would be described by exactly the same instrument distortions.

A line catalog must be specified, containing the wavelengths of the reference arc lamp lines used for the wavelength calibration. A grism table (typically depending on the instrument mode, and in particular on the grism used) may also be specified: this table contains a default recipe parameter setting to control the way spectra are extracted for a specific instrument mode, as it is used for automatic run of the pipeline on Paranal and in Garching. If this table is specified, it will modify the default recipe parameter setting, with the exception of those parameters which have been explicitly modifyed on the command line.

If a grism table is not specified, the input recipe parameters values will always be read from the command line, or from an esorex configuration file if present, or from their generic default values (that are rarely meaningful). Finally a master bias frame must be input to this recipe.

The products SPECTRA_DETECTION_PMOS, SLIT_MAP_PMOS, and DISP_RESIDUALS_PMOS, are just created if the --check parameter is set to true.

The MASTER_DISTORTION_TABLE is marked as required, but it is not so if all slits have different offsets, and in the case of FORS1 observations made with the old TK2048EB4-1 1604 chip read in windowed mode (2048x400)

Input files:


  DO category:              Type:       Explanation:          Required:
  SCREEN_FLAT_PMOS          Raw         Flat field exposures     Y
  LAMP_PMOS                 Raw         Arc lamp exposure        Y
  MASTER_BIAS or BIAS       Calib       Bias frame               Y
  MASTER_LINECAT            Calib       Line catalog             Y
  GRISM_TABLE               Calib       Grism table              .


  MASTER_DISTORTION_TABLE   Calib       Master distortions table Y

Output files:


  DO category:              Data type:  Explanation:
  MASTER_SCREEN_FLAT_PMOS   FITS image  Combined (sum) flat field
  MASTER_NORM_FLAT_PMOS     FITS image  Normalised flat field
  MAPPED_SCREEN_FLAT_PMOS   FITS image  Wavelength calibrated flat field
  MAPPED_NORM_FLAT_PMOS     FITS image  Wavelength calibrated normalised flat
  REDUCED_LAMP_PMOS         FITS image  Wavelength calibrated arc spectrum
  DISP_COEFF_PMOS           FITS table  Inverse dispersion coefficients
  DISP_RESIDUALS_PMOS       FITS image  Residuals in wavelength calibration
  DISP_RESIDUALS_TABLE_PMOS FITS table  Residuals in wavelength calibration
  DELTA_IMAGE_PMOS          FITS image  Offset vs linear wavelength calib
  WAVELENGTH_MAP_PMOS       FITS image  Wavelength for each pixel on CCD
  SPECTRA_DETECTION_PMOS    FITS image  Check for preliminary detection
  SLIT_MAP_PMOS             FITS image  Map of central wavelength on CCD
  CURV_TRACES_PMOS          FITS table  Spectral curvature traces
  CURV_COEFF_PMOS           FITS table  Spectral curvature coefficients
  SPATIAL_MAP_PMOS          FITS image  Spatial position along slit on CCD
  SPECTRAL_RESOLUTION_PMOS  FITS table  Resolution at reference arc lines
  SLIT_LOCATION_PMOS        FITS table  Slits on product frames and CCD

OPTIONS

--dispersion <float>
Expected spectral dispersion (Angstrom/pixel) (float; default: 0.0). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is fors.fors_pmos_calib.dispersion [default = 0.0].
--peakdetection <float>
Initial peak detection threshold (ADU) (float; default: 0.0). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is fors.fors_pmos_calib.peakdetection [default = 0.0].
--wdegree <long>
Degree of wavelength calibration polynomial (long; default: 0). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is fors.fors_pmos_calib.wdegree [default = 0].
--wradius <long>
Search radius if iterating pattern-matching with first-guess method (long; default: 4). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is fors.fors_pmos_calib.wradius [default = 4].
--wreject <float>
Rejection threshold in dispersion relation fit (pixel) (float; default: 0.7). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is fors.fors_pmos_calib.wreject [default = 0.7].
--wcolumn <str>
Name of line catalog table column with wavelengths (str; default: 'WLEN'). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is fors.fors_pmos_calib.wcolumn [default = WLEN].
--cdegree <long>
Degree of spectral curvature polynomial (long; default: 0). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is fors.fors_pmos_calib.cdegree [default = 0].
--cmode <long>
Interpolation mode of curvature solution (0 = no interpolation, 1 = fill gaps, 2 = global model) (long; default: 1). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is fors.fors_pmos_calib.cmode [default = 1].
--startwavelength <float>
Start wavelength in spectral extraction (float; default: 0.0). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is fors.fors_pmos_calib.startwavelength [default = 0.0].
--endwavelength <float>
End wavelength in spectral extraction (float; default: 0.0). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is fors.fors_pmos_calib.endwavelength [default = 0.0].
--stack_method <str>
Frames combination method (str; default: 'average'). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is fors.fors_pmos_calib.stack_method [default = average].
--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_pmos_calib.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_pmos_calib.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_pmos_calib.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_pmos_calib.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_pmos_calib.kiter [default = 999].
--ddegree <long>
Degree of flat field fitting polynomial along dispersion direction (long; default: -1). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is fors.fors_pmos_calib.ddegree [default = -1].
--dradius <long>
Smooth box radius for flat field along dispersion direction (long; default: 10). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is fors.fors_pmos_calib.dradius [default = 10].
--qc <bool>
Compute QC1 parameters (bool; default: True). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is fors.fors_pmos_calib.qc [default = True].
--check <bool>
Create intermediate products (bool; default: False). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is fors.fors_pmos_calib.check [default = False].

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.

VERSION

fors_pmos_calib 5.3.5

AUTHOR

Carlo Izzo <[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) 2002-2010 European Southern Observatory

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