ccdgroups images output
images
List of CCD images to be grouped.
output
Output root group filename. The image group lists will be put in files
with this root name followed by a number.
group = ccdtype
Group type. There are currently four grouping types:
ccdtype
Group by CCD image type.
subset
Group by subset parameter.
position
Group by position in right ascension (in hours) and declination (in degrees).
The groups are defined by a radius parameter (in arc seconds).
title
Group by identical titles.
date
Group by identical dates.
radius = 60.
Grouping radius when grouping by positions. This is given in arc seconds.
ccdtype =
CCD image types to select from the input image list. If null ("") then
all image types are used.
The input images, possible restricted to a particular CCD image type, are grouped into image lists. The "ccdtype" or "subset" groups produce output image lists with the given root name and the CCD type or subset as an extension (without a period). For the other group types the image lists have file names given by the root output name and a numeric extension (without a period). If the package parameter ccdred.verbose is yes then the image name and output group list is printed for each image. The image lists can be used with the @ list feature for processing separate groups of observations. Note that grouping by CCD image type and subset is often not necessary since the ccdred tasks automatically use this information (see ccdtypes and subsets).
Besides CCD image type and subsets there are currently three ways to group images. These are by position in the sky, by title, and by date. Further groups may be added as suggested. The title grouping is useful if consistent titles are used when taking data. The date grouping is useful if multiple nights of observations are not organized by directories (it is recommended that data from separate nights be kept in separate directories). The position grouping finds observations within a given radius on the sky of the first member of the group (this is not a clustering algorithm). The right ascension and declination coordinates must be in standard units, hours and degrees respectively. The grouping radius is in arc seconds. This grouping type is useful for making sets of data in which separate calibration images are taken at each position.
The date, title, and coordinates are accessed through the instrument translation file. The standard names used are "date-obs", "title", "ra", and "dec".
1. For each object 5 exposures were taken to be combined in order to remove cosmic rays. If the titles are the same then (with ccdred.verbose=yes):
cl> ccdgroups *.imh group group=title ccdtype=object ccd005.imh --> group1 ccd006.imh --> group1 ccd007.imh --> group1 ccd008.imh --> group1 ccd009.imh --> group1 ccd012.imh --> group2 ccd013.imh --> group2 ccd014.imh --> group2 ccd015.imh --> group2 ccd016.imh --> group2 [... etc ...] cl> combine @group1 obj1 proc+ cl> combine @group2 obj2 proc+ [... etc ...]
Note the numeric suffixes to the output root name "group". 2. CCD observations were made in groups with a flat field, the object, and a comparison spectrum at each position. To group and process this data:
cl> ccdgroups *.imh obs group=position >> logfile cl> ccdproc @obs1 cl> ccdproc @obs2 cl> ccdproc @obs3
Since no flat field is specified for the parameter ccdproc.flat the flat field is taken from the input image list.
3. If for some reason you want to group by date and position it is possible to use two steps.
cl> ccdgroups *.imh date group=date cl> ccdgroups @data1 pos1 cl> ccdgroups @data2 pos24. To get groups by CCD image type:
cl> ccdgroups *.imh "" group=ccdtype ccd005.imh --> zero ccd006.imh --> zero ccd007.imh --> zero ccd008.imh --> dark ccd009.imh --> flat ccd012.imh --> flat ccd013.imh --> object ccd014.imh --> object ccd015.imh --> object ccd016.imh --> object [... etc ...]Note the use of a null root name and the extension is the standard CCDRED types (not necessarily those used in the image header). 5. To get groups by subset:
cl> ccdgroups *.imh filt group=subset ccd005.imh --> filt ccd006.imh --> filtB ccd007.imh --> filtB ccd008.imh --> filtB ccd009.imh --> filtV ccd012.imh --> filtV ccd013.imh --> filtV ccd014.imh --> filtB ccd015.imh --> filtB ccd016.imh --> filtB [... etc ...]
ccdlist, ccdtypes, instruments, subsets,