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This tutorial provides information for the the
Twilight Flats
Health Check trending.
The standard deviation of the pixel values in a stack of the input frames is monitored for each detector in J, H, Ks & Y filters.
The Twilight Flats trending is based on the measurement
of QC1 parameters from the twilight flat field calibration
data. Following the calibration plan, the twilight flat fields are taken during evening (usually)
and morning (rarely) twilights with clear skies. This is done whenever they are needed to calibrate SCIENCE data.
HAWK-I instrument does not have an internal lamp. In the infrared, twilight flats
are taken by sampling a large flux range by integrating on the
twilight sky as the Sun sets or rises. Twilight flats are therefore
one of the most time critical calibrations because of the narrow time
window during which they can be acquired.