QC documentation system: QC procedure QCsinfo_hcao.py for SINFONI

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NAME QCsinfo_hcao.py
VERSION 1.0 -- 2006-06-27 fill template by handbook
 1.1 -- 2006-07-10 revisited
2.0 -- 2009.01.20 completely re-written in Python with added QC functions and images
SYNTAX Python
CALL measureQuality
from $DFS_PRODUCT/HC_AO/$DATE:
 QCsinfo_hcao.py -a $AB_name -i $level_of_interaction: 0-2
INSTRUMENT SINFONI
RAWTYPE HC_AO
PURPOSE a) generates QC report,
b) writes QC1 parameters into local database
PROCINPUT No input is required:
a) $DATE is now read from AB
b) primary file is set in QCsinfo_hcao.py and is the PRO.CATG=MASTER_PSF product with the _0000.fits extension.
c) raw frames are implicitly read from the AB.
d) Reference MASTER_PSF is found and read in from $DFO_QC_DIR/references/HC_AO/.
QC1TABLE trending | table(s) in QC1 database:
sinfoni_hcao
TRENDPLOT trending | HealthCheck plot(s) associated to this procedure:
trend_report_HCAO_HC.html
QC1PAGE trending | associated documentation:
hcao_QC1.html
QC1PLOTS
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hcao0.png
display PSF_CALIBRATOR_STACKED product (_tpl_0003.fits) on RealTimeDisplay
hcao1.png
display MASTER_PSF product (_tpl_0005.fits) on RealTimeDisplay
hcao2.png
UL: Image of current PSF_CALIBRATOR_STACKED product.
UR: Image of current MASTER_PSF product with centroid shown. The image legend summarizes the following data: centroid position, flux level, isophotal area of PSF, net flux, image FWHM, status of AO loop (OPEN or CLOSED), position angle in degrees, elongation, and ellipticity.
LL: (Current cube median - reference cube median) difference image.
LR Vertical and horizontal profile through current cube median.

hcao3.png
UL: Strehl ratio. Median value is given in title.
UR: Encircled energy (normalized).
CL: X (blue line) and Y (red line) offset from the nominal image center (in pixels).
CR: FWHM of the major (blue line) and minor (red line) axes. fwhm(major)/fwhm(minor) * 10. is shown as a black line. Units are pixels.
LL: Extracted spectrum of fibre averaged over FWHM and smoothed. The current spectrum is shown in blue, that of the reference HC_AO fibre is shown in green. Units are in counts.
LR: Column and row averages through PSF_CALIBRATOR_STACKED image (in counts).
QC1PARAM QC1 parameters written into QC1 table (sinfoni_hcao):
SOURCE(header/script)       DBNAME                 value          description

  QC.FRMDIF.MEANFLUX     qc_frmdif_meanflux       16.24	       mean flux level of lamp-on minus lamp-off frames
  QC.FRMDIF.MAXFLUX      qc_frmdif_maxflux        40646.00     maximum flux level of lamp-on minus lamp-off frames
  QC.FRMON.NPIXSAT       qc_frmon_npixsat         187 	       number of ON-lamp saturated pixels
  QC.ENC.CORE            qc_enc_core              0.8028       normalized encircled energy within PSF core
  QC.STREHL.MED	         qc_strehl_med        	  0.8543       median strehl ratio from image
  QC.STREHL.MEDERR	 qc_strehl_med        	  0.0004       error in median strehl ratio from image
  QC.STREHL.AVG	         qc_strehl_med        	  0.8987       average strehl ratio from image
  QCsinfo_hcao.py	 qc_shiftx        	  0.8332       X centroid minus nominal image center (QC script)
  QCsinfo_hcao.py	 qc_shifty        	  1.8965       Y centroid minus nominal image center (QC script)
  QCsinfo_hcao.py	 qc_A_maj        	 11.8965       median semi-major axis of an elliptical shape with constant surface brightness (QC script)
  QCsinfo_hcao.py	 qc_B_min        	 10.8965       median semi-minor axis of an elliptical shape with constant surface brightness (QC script)
  QCsinfo_hcao.py	 qc_med_flux           1456.8934       median flux as measured in the extracted source spectrum (QC script)
ALGORITHM Description of algorithms: (status 2006-07-10)
RTC QC parameters : special AO software
FWHM parameters : the post-pipeline scripts applied the ESO-MIDAS command CENTER/IQE to each plane of the final product cube. The wavelength mean MEDIAN value is given.
FRM QC1 parameters : simple statistics on the final product cube
FWHM parameters : Gauss fit integrated into the pipeline; QC1 parameter inventory TBD
CERTIF Reasons for rejection: Extreme offset values from nominal image center.
Reasons for rejection: Extreme increase in the size of the fibre FWHM (nominal = 0.14 arcsec).
COMMENTS This is a daily health check calibration using the internal FIBRE
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