specsens

Name

specsens– Calculate sensitivity curve

Usage

specsens specfile outfile stdfile extfile (airmass) (exptime) (stdzp) (function) (order) (thresh) (clobber) (logfile) (verbose)

Parameters

specfile
String. ASCII file contain the spectra of the calibration source. This should be the output from specextract.
outfile
String. Name of an output file to write the calibrated sensitivity curve.
stdfile
String. ASCII file that contains the calibrated magnitudes for the source.
extfile
String. ASCII file that contains the extinction curve for the observing site.
(airmass)
Real. Airmass of the observations
(Exptime)
Real. Exposure time for the observation
(stdzp)
Real. Zeropoint for the magnitudes listed in the stdfile for converting into fluxes.
(function)
String. Functional form to fit to the observation.
(order)
Int. Order of the function to be fit to the observations.
(thresh)
Real. Threshold for rejecting values in the obserations of the source.
(clobber)
Hidden boolean. If set to ‘yes’ files contained within the outpath directory will be overwritten by newly created files of the same name.
(logfile)
String. Name of an ascii file for storing log and error messages from the tool. The file may be new, or messages can also be appended to a pre-existing file.
(verbose)
Hidden Boolean. If verbose=n, log messages will be suppressed.

Description

SPECSENS calulates the calibration curve given an observation, a standard star, and the extinction curve for the site. The task assumes a 1-D spectrum that has already been sensed from the original observations.

EXAMPLES

Time and disk requirements

Bugs and limitations

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

See also

speccal

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