saltfpzeropoint

Name

saltfpzeropoint – Updated header information with FP coefficients

Usage

saltfpzeropoint images outfiles outpref calfile fpA (fpB) (fpC) (fpD) (fpE) (fpF) (clobber) (logfile) (verbose)

Parameters

images

String. Name of the input images, or the name of a file containing a list of ring input images. If a list file is used, it should contain one ring input file per line. In this case the name of the list file should be preceded with an @ character to indicate that a file list is being input. No wildcards are accepted. The ring image/s must have been processed by saltprepare or saltfpprep.

outfile

String. Output file which stores the fitting results. If this is a new file a comment line (up to 80 characters) may be added. If the output file already exists, the results of SALTFPCALRING’s fits will be appended to the end of the file.

outpref

String. If the outpref string is non-zero in length and contains characters other than a blank space, it will override any value of the outimages argument. Output file names will use the name list provided in the images argument, but adding a prefix to the basename of each output file defined by outpref. An absolute or relative directory path can be included in the prefix, e.g. ‘outpref=/Volumes/data/p’.

calfile

String. File with calibration data information. This file is the output from saltfpcalring.

fpA

Real. Fabry-Perot A coefficient. This value should be the etalon A value that is in the header.

fpB

Real. Fabry-Perot B coefficient. This value should be the etalon B value that is in the header.

fpC

Real. Fabry-Perot C coefficient. This value should be the etalon C value that is in the header.

fpD

Real. Fabry-Perot D coefficient. This value should be the etalon D value that is in the header.

fpE

Real. Fabry-Perot E coefficient. This value should be the etalon E value that is in the header.

fpF

Real. Fabry-Perot F coefficient. This value should be the etalon F value that is in the header and corrected for image binning.

clobber

boolean. If true, overwrite outfile.

logfile

String. Name of an ascii file for storing log and error messages written by the task. The file may be new, or messages can also be appended to a pre-existing file.

verbose

Boolean. Verbose (yes) or quiet (no) execution of the routine.

Description

SALTFPZEROPOINT adds all of the FP coefficents to the image header. The task will take the data in the calfile and calculate the appropriate FP coefficients for each of the frames. It will then add the information to the headers as each coefficient having its own keyword.

Examples

1. To update the image headers with new FP coefficient values:

–> saltfpzeropoint images=f*fits outimages=f*fits outpref= calfile=calring.dat fpa=6667.2 fpb=0.120633 fpc=0.0 fpd=0.0 fpe=0.0 fpf=5707.23 clobber=yes logfile=salt.log verbose=yes

Time and disk requirements

Individual unbinned full frame RSS image files can be 112MB in size. It is recommended to use workstations with a minimum of 512MB RAM. On a linux machine with 2.8 Ghz processor and 2 Gb of RAM, one 2051x2051 image in 0.85 sec.

Bugs and limitations

Send feedback and bug reports to salthelp@saao.ac.za

See also

saltfpcalring