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NAME
muse_exp_combine - Combine several exposures into one datacube.
SYNOPSIS
esorex muse_exp_combine [OPTIONS] FILE.sof
DESCRIPTION
Sort reduced pixel tables, one per exposure, by exposure and combine them with applied weights into one
final datacube.
OPTIONS
--save <str>
Select output product(s) to save. Can contain one or more of "cube" (output cube and associated
images; if this is not given, no resampling is done at all) or "combined" (fully reduced and
combined pixel table for the full set of exposures; this is useful, if the final resampling step
is to be done again separately). If several options are given, they have to be comma-separated.
(str; default: ´cube´). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is
muse.muse_exp_combine.save [default = cube].
--resample <str>
The resampling technique to use for the final output cube. (str; default: ´drizzle´). The full
name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is muse.muse_exp_combine.resample [default =
drizzle].
--dx <float>
Horizontal step size for resampling (in arcsec or pixel). The following defaults are taken when
this value is set to 0.0: 0.2´´ for WFM, 0.025´´ for NFM, 1.0 if data is in pixel units. (float;
default: 0.0). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is
muse.muse_exp_combine.dx [default = 0.0].
--dy <float>
Vertical step size for resampling (in arcsec or pixel). The following defaults are taken when this
value is set to 0.0: 0.2´´ for WFM, 0.025´´ for NFM, 1.0 if data is in pixel units. (float;
default: 0.0). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is
muse.muse_exp_combine.dy [default = 0.0].
--dlambda <float>
Wavelength step size (in Angstrom). Natural instrument sampling is used, if this is 0.0 (float;
default: 0.0). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is
muse.muse_exp_combine.dlambda [default = 0.0].
--crtype <str>
Type of statistics used for detection of cosmic rays during final resampling. "iraf" uses the
variance information, "mean" uses standard (mean/stdev) statistics, "median" uses median and the
median median of the absolute median deviation. (str; default: ´median´). The full name of this
option for the EsoRex configuration file is muse.muse_exp_combine.crtype [default = median].
--crsigma <float>
Sigma rejection factor to use for cosmic ray rejection during final resampling. A zero or negative
value switches cosmic ray rejection off. (float; default: 10.0). The full name of this option for
the EsoRex configuration file is muse.muse_exp_combine.crsigma [default = 10.0].
--rc <float>
Critical radius for the "renka" resampling method. (float; default: 1.25). The full name of this
option for the EsoRex configuration file is muse.muse_exp_combine.rc [default = 1.25].
--pixfrac <str>
Pixel down-scaling factor for the "drizzle" resampling method. Up to three, comma-separated,
floating-point values can be given. If only one value is given, it applies to all dimensions, two
values are interpreted as spatial and spectral direction, respectively, while three are taken as
horizontal, vertical, and spectral. (str; default: ´0.6,0.6´). The full name of this option for
the EsoRex configuration file is muse.muse_exp_combine.pixfrac [default = 0.6,0.6].
--ld <int>
Number of adjacent pixels to take into account during resampling in all three directions (loop
distance); this affects all resampling methods except "nearest". (int; default: 1). The full name
of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is muse.muse_exp_combine.ld [default = 1].
--format <str>
Type of output file format, "Cube" is a standard FITS cube with NAXIS=3 and multiple extensions
(for data and variance). The extended "x" formats include the reconstructed image(s) in FITS image
extensions within the same file. "sdpCube" does some extra calculations to create FITS keywords
for the ESO Science Data Products. (str; default: ´Cube´). The full name of this option for the
EsoRex configuration file is muse.muse_exp_combine.format [default = Cube].
--weight <str>
Type of weighting scheme to use when combining multiple exposures. "exptime" just uses the
exposure time to weight the exposures, "fwhm" uses the best available seeing information from the
headers as well, "header" queries ESO.DRS.MUSE.WEIGHT of each input file instead of the FWHM, and
"none" preserves an existing weight column in the input pixel tables without changes. (str;
default: ´exptime´). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is
muse.muse_exp_combine.weight [default = exptime].
--filter <str>
The filter name(s) to be used for the output field-of-view image. Each name has to correspond to
an EXTNAME in an extension of the FILTER_LIST file. If an unsupported filter name is given,
creation of the respective image is omitted. If multiple filter names are given, they have to be
comma separated. (str; default: ´white´). The full name of this option for the EsoRex
configuration file is muse.muse_exp_combine.filter [default = white].
--lambdamin <float>
Cut off the data below this wavelength after loading the pixel table(s). (float; default: 4000.0).
The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is muse.muse_exp_combine.lambdamin
[default = 4000.0].
--lambdamax <float>
Cut off the data above this wavelength after loading the pixel table(s). (float; default:
10000.0). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is
muse.muse_exp_combine.lambdamax [default = 10000.0].
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 muse pipeline can be downloaded as a PDF file using the following URL:
ftp://ftp.eso.org/pub/dfs/pipelines/muse/muse-pipeline-cookbook-2.8.5.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 muse pipeline are muse_ampl(7), muse_astrometry(7), muse_bias(7),
muse_create_sky(7), muse_dark(7), muse_exp_align(7), muse_flat(7), muse_geometry(7), muse_illum(7),
muse_lingain(7), muse_lsf(7), muse_qi_mask(7), muse_scibasic(7), muse_scipost(7),
muse_scipost_apply_astrometry(7), muse_scipost_calibrate_flux(7), muse_scipost_combine_pixtables(7),
muse_scipost_correct_dar(7), muse_scipost_correct_rv(7), muse_scipost_make_cube(7),
muse_scipost_raman(7), muse_scipost_subtract_sky(7), muse_scipost_subtract_sky_simple(7),
muse_standard(7), muse_twilight(7), muse_wavecal(7)
VERSION
muse_exp_combine 2.8.5
AUTHOR
Peter Weilbacher <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 part of the MUSE Instrument Pipeline Copyright (C) 2005, 2019 European Southern Observatory
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