#/bin/csh # # This is an example of a C-shell script that calls several # XVista routines to reduce some drift-scan images from a TASS # camera. It may give you some idea of how XVista is meant # to be used. # # # reduce a whole set of images taken with TASS camera # # 1. create dark vector(s) # 2. subtract dark vector from all appropriate frames # 3. for each target frame # a. create flatfield vector # b. divide by flatfield vector # 4. find stars in each target frame, and measure aperture magnitudes # # place comments into the FITS headers to document the history # of each image. # # this controls the size of the array used to make median flatfield vector set ARRAYSIZE=2500 # this is the prefix of all "target" FITS images set prefix=test1 set cameralist="1 2 3" # # 1. create dark vector # # given a dark scan, calculate the median of each column value. # Then calculate the mean across all columns, and subtract # that from each column. # # We end up with a vector showing the difference in dark current # from column to column, centered on zero. # # Place the output dark vector into a file with name # # base_darkvec.fts # set fname=dark.fts set base=${fname:r} set outfile=${base}_darkvec.fts makevec $fname outfile=$outfile col mn $outfile set mean=`let mean` sub $outfile const=mean # # 2. subtract dark vectors from target frames # foreach camera ($cameralist) set base=${prefix}${camera} set darkvec=dark${camera}_darkvec.fts set list=`echo $base*.fts` if ($status == 0) then foreach image ($list) echo "subtracting dark vector from image $image ..." subvec $image $darkvec col comment $image "subtracted darkvector on `date`" end endif end # # 3. for each target frame, create a flatfield vector and divide by it # foreach camera ($cameralist) set base=${prefix}${camera} set list=`echo $base*.fts` if ($status == 0) then foreach image ($list) echo "creating flatfield vector for image $image ..." set flat=${image:r}_flat.fts makevec $image outfile=$flat col arraysize=$ARRAYSIZE mn $flat divvec $image $flat flat col comment $image "divided by median flatvector on `date`" end endif end # # 4. find stars in each image, placing the list of stars into a file # with the same basename, but extension ".coo" Then, measure # aperture magnitudes for all the stars, placing the results # into a file with extension ".pht" # foreach camera ($cameralist) set base=${prefix}{$camera} set list=`echo $base*.fts` if ($status == 0) then foreach image ($list) echo "finding stars for image $image ... " stars $base minsig=5 outfile=$base.coo echo "measuring aperture magnitudes for image $image ... " phot $image aper=3 aper=6 infile=$im.coo outfile=$im.pht end endif end exit 0