Index

A

Absolute photometry Direct approach (using field sources) Indirect approach (using standard stars) Selected individual images (direct approach)

Airglow Animate images Astrometry Method: Scamp Reference catalogs

B

B-V color calibration Background Create the illumination correction image Superflat Background model Additive or multiplicative? Superflat; Static background model Background modelling (near-IR) 1-pass Iterative; 2-pass

Bad columns Bias frames Dark frames Binaries (executables) Binned mosaics Blank fields Blooming Masking blooming spikes Removing blooming spikes

C

Celestial type Check-plots Chop-nod sky subtraction Co-averaging Coaddition Blending overlap regions Celestial types Choosing the output pixel scale Masked stellar cores Moving targets Outlier rejection Projection types Reference coordinates Resampling kernels

Collapse correction Color calibration Color images Background estimation Color calibration FITS to TIFF conversion Narrow-band combination Synthetic luminance channel Combining a set of images Configuration files Cosmics Cross-talk

D

Dark frames Rescaling with exposure time Data organisation Defect detection

Directory tree Dithering Reasons for dithering Downloading THELI

E

Empty fields

Executables Extinction correction (relative)

F

FITS header FITS header correction Flat-fields

Flux calibration Fringing Airglow Create a fringe model

G

Global weights

Gradient correction (horizontal or vertical)

H

Headers

Hot pixels

I

Image analysis Image coaddition Image combination Image defects Image preview Image statistics Imalyzer Infrared Initialising THELI Installation Graphical user interface Pipeline core Pre-requisites Updating THELI

Instruments Configuration files (storage place) Define a new instrument Pre-configured near-infrared cameras Pre-configured optical cameras Splitting script

L

Linked file system Create links Resolve links

LOG file Location Low surface brightness targets

M

Masking Cosmics Hot pixels Image defects (automatic) Image defects (manual) Non-linear pixels Satellites Stellar cores Mid-infrared

Moving targets Multi-chip cameras Processing of individual chips Multi-color data sets Astrometry Coaddition Data organisation Efficient processing Same image size for all coadded images

N

Near-IR Background modelling Co-averaging Reset anomaly

Non-linearity Correction Masking non-linear pixels

O

Object catalogs Observing Dithering Low surface brightness targets Planning Standard stars

OFC (in file names) Overscan correction

P

Parallelisation Parallel manager Photometric color calibration (PCC method) Photometry Absolute (flux calibration) Relative (atmospheric extinction correction)

Pre-processing Preview images Processing status Projections Proper motion targets PSF analysis

R

Raw data Header correction Sorting file types Splitting Reference catalog astrometric astrometric: available catalogs photometric

Relative photometry Resampling kernels Reset anomaly Correction

S

Satellite masking Scamp Interpreting check-plots Scripts SKY fields Sky projections Sky subtraction Background modelling Extended targets

Splitting raw data Stacking images Standard star selection Status Status string ("OFC" etc ...) Superflat Dithering Dynamic background model Swapping Synthetic luminance

T

Temporary files Choose different storage place

Transparency correction (relative)

W

Weighting Cosmic and hot pixel detection Global weights Individual weight maps Masked stellar cores Supressing non-linear pixels

Z

Zeropoint determination For individual exposures (using field sources) Using field sources Using standard stars