QC documentation system: QC procedure kmos_skyflat.py for KMOS

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NAME kmos_skyflat.py
VERSION 1.0 -- October 2013
1.0.1 -- usage of qc_imaovw instead of kmos_ifudsp (2014-01-28/2014-02-04)
1.0.2 -- usage of argparse module (2014-03-10)
1.0.3 -- create flux growth curves (2014-05-16)
1.0.4 -- changed cuts for ILLUM_CORR display to 0.5, 1.5 (2014-05-16) 1.0.5 -- changed cuts for ILLUM_CORR display to min-max (2014-09-11)
SYNTAX PYTHON
CALL processQC
from $DFS_PRODUCT/FLAT_SKY/$DATE
/home/python/kmos_skyflat.py -i -a $AB
INSTRUMENT KMOS
RAWTYPE FLAT_SKY
PURPOSE QC check of raw and product sky-flat exposures
PROCINPUT raw and product sky-flat frames
QC1TABLE trending | table(s) in QC1 database:
kmos_skyflat
TRENDPLOT trending | HealthCheck plot(s) associated to this procedure:
trend_report_SKYFLAT_NONUNIF_HC.html | trend_report_SKYFLAT_UNIF_HC.html | trend_report_SKYFLAT_MAXDEV_HC.html
QC1PAGE trending | associated documentation: none
QC1PLOTS
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skyflat1.png
illumination correction frames for all 24 IFUs
Note: IFU 13 was not operational for these example exposures
skyflat2.png
top: raw image of first exposure for detectors 1, 2, and 3
bottom: central area of raw images for detectors 1, 2, and 3
skyflat3.png
left column: cuts in X direction through first and last raw frames
right column: histograms of first and last raw frames
QC1PARAM QC1 parameters written in QC1 database:
QC1 DB names:
spat_unif | spat_maxdev | spat_maxdev_id | spat_max_nonunif | spat_max_nonunif_id | rot_angle
ALGORITHM spat_unif: total RMS of all illumination correction images
spat_maxdev: mean illumination correction of the most deviating IFU
spat_maxdev_id: IFU ID of the most deviationg IFU
spat_max_nonunif: largest illumination correction RMS
spat_max_nonunif_id: IFU ID of the IFU with the largest RMS
rot_angle: rotator angle
CERTIF Reasons for rejection:
the spat_max_nonunif parameter seems to be the most sensitive parameter for detecting outlying measurements
COMMENTS KMOS sky-flats are usually measured in a sequence where the first frames is a test exposure with a low DIT. This exposure is omitted from QC processing.
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