NAME

       fors_dark - Compute master dark frame

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

       --maxrejection <int>
              Number of highest values to be rejected (int; 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 <int>
              Max number of iterations in ksigma method (int; 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.

SEE ALSO

       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
       https://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
       https://packages.python.org/python-cpl/index.html for further information.

       The other recipes of  the  fors  pipeline  are  fors_align_sky(7),  fors_align_sky_lss(7),  fors_bias(7),
       fors_calib(7),    fors_config(7),    fors_detect_objects(7),   fors_detect_spectra(7),   fors_extract(7),
       fors_extract_objects(7),       fors_extract_slits(7),       fors_flatfield(7),       fors_img_science(7),
       fors_img_screen_flat(7),      fors_img_sky_flat(7),      fors_normalise_flat(7),      fors_photometry(7),
       fors_pmos_calib(7), fors_pmos_extract(7),  fors_pmos_science(7),  fors_remove_bias(7),  fors_resample(7),
       fors_science(7),  fors_spec_mflat(7),  fors_subtract_sky(7),  fors_subtract_sky_lss(7),  fors_sumflux(7),
       fors_trace_flat(7), fors_wave_calib(7), fors_wave_calib_lss(7), fors_zeropoint(7)

VERSION

       fors_dark 5.5.7

AUTHOR

       Jonas M. Larsen <usd-help@eso.org>

BUG REPORTS

       Please report any problems to usd-help@eso.org. Alternatively, you may send a  report  to  the  ESO  User
       Support Department <usd-help@eso.org>.

LICENSE

       This  file  is  currently  part of the FORS Instrument Pipeline Copyright (C) 2002-2011 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  02110-1301  USA

fors_dark                                             5.5.7                                         FORS_DARK(7)