Documentation of QC procedures: procedure sci_lss_qc_2CCD.prg for FORS1

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NAME sci_lss_qc_2CCD.prg
VERSION 1.0 -- adapted for new pipeline (SM, 10/2006)
1.1 -- adapted for new CCDs (SM, 04/2007)
SYNTAX MIDAS
CALL measureQuality
from $DFS_PRODUCT/SCI_LSS/$DATE:
inmidas -P -j "@@ $DFO_PROC_DIR/sci_lss_qc.prg $date $PF"
INSTRUMENT FORS1
RAWTYPE SCI_LSS
PURPOSE compares raw and product SCI_LSS files for FORS1 QC assessment;
the plots are later reviewed within certifyProducts and stored in $DFO_PLT_DIR
PROCINPUT raw image from AB; SCI_LSS product;
QC1TABLE trending | table(s) in QC1 database:
fors1_sci_lss
TRENDPLOT trending | HealthCheck plot associated to this procedure: none
QC1PAGE trending | associated documentation: none
QC1PLOTS
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sci_lss_grap1.png
upper panel: extracted, sky-subtracted spectrum of brightest source (black) with error spectrum (green)
lower panel: extracted sky background for brightest object (black) with sky lines marked (magenta)

sci_lss_grap2.png
position of a bright sky line along the slit

sci_lss_disp1.png
full display of raw frame

sci_lss_disp2.png
full display of reduced frame
QC1PARAM QC1 parameters written into QC1 table:
QC1db names: skyline_position | skyline_rms | skyline_offset | skyline_number | avg_accuracy
QC1 params created by pipeline: avg_accuracy (from wavelength calibration data)
QC1 params created by this procedure: all others
ALGORITHM Description of algorithms:
The whole rebinned frame is searched for emission lines.
Then lines within +/- 1 pixel around skyline_position are selected and their offset with respect to the reference line is determined.
The mean and rms of these offsets are stored in skyline_offset and skyline_rms.
The number of skylines used is stored in skyline_number
CERTIF - to be rejected only if obviously bad, e.g. curved or slanted sky lines
- skyline offsets of more than 0.3 pixels violate the nominal calibration accuracy,
but may be due to temperature differences between science and calibration data and
are no cause for rejection
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