NACO_SPC_COMBINE(7)

💖 NACO_SPC_COMBINE(7) — naco recipes 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let me tell you about naco_spc_combine — it's a recipe from the naco pipeline crew (this is the page for it, manual section 7, iykyk) and it's literally just the combination of spectroscopic science data. no cap. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

naco_spc_combine — combination of spectroscopic science data. that's the whole vibe. 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

esorex naco_spc_combine [OPTIONS] FILE.sof

that's it, that's the summoning ritual 🎀

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

naco_spc_combine — NACO combination of spectroscopic science data. main character behaviour, honestly. 👑

now, the files you list in the Set Of Frames (the sof-file, bestie) must be tagged like this:

• NACO-raw-file.fits SPEC_NODDING
• or NACO-flat-file.fits MASTER_SPC_FLAT — and this one is optional 🫶

for nodded frames (SPEC_NODDING) there has to be an identical number of exposures on each side of the center. these pairs of nodded exposures should preferably be taken with one immediately after the other. more precisely: the i´th A-FRAME will be paired with the i´th B-frame. periodt. 💀

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• --xtmax <int> — stop the spectrum extraction at this column (int; default: 1024). the full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is naco.naco_spc_combine.extract_max [default = 1024]. 🛑
• --xtmin <int> — start the spectrum extraction at this column (int; default: 1). the full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is naco.naco_spc_combine.extract_min [default = 1]. 🚦
• --save <int> — a positive value causes additional, intermediate products to be saved (int; default: 0). the full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is naco.naco_spc_combine.save [default = 0]. 💾
• --plot <int> — the recipe can produce a number of predefined plots. zero means that none of the plots are produced, while increasing values (e.g. 1 or 2) increases the number of plots produced. if the plotting fails a warning is produced, and the recipe continues. the default behaviour of the plotting is to use gnuplot (with option -persist). the recipe currently produces 1D-plots using gnuplot commands. the recipe user can control the actual plotting-command used by the recipe to create the plot by setting the environment variable CPL_PLOTTER. currently, if CPL_PLOTTER is set it must contain the string ´gnuplot´. setting it to ´cat > my_gnuplot_$$.txt´ causes a number of ASCII-files to be created, which each produce a plot when given as standard input to gnuplot (e.g. later or on a different computer). a finer control of the plotting options can be obtained by writing an executable script, e.g. my_gnuplot.pl, that executes gnuplot after setting the desired gnuplot options (e.g. set terminal pslatex color) and then setting CPL_PLOTTER to my_gnuplot.pl. the predefined plots include plotting of images. images can be plotted not only with gnuplot, but also using the pnm format. this is controlled with the environment variable CPL_IMAGER. if CPL_IMAGER is set to a string that does not contain the word gnuplot, the recipe will generate the plot in pnm format. e.g. setting CPL_IMAGER to ´display - &´ will produce a gray-scale image using the image viewer display. (int; default: 0). the full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is naco.naco_spc_combine.plot [default = 0]. 📊

ngl, note that it is possible to create a configuration file containing these options, along with suitable default values. please refer to the details provided by the 'esorex --help' command. go look, bestie, it's giving helpful. 🙈

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the full documentation for the naco pipeline can be downloaded as a PDF file using the following URL:

ftp://ftp.eso.org/pub/dfs/pipelines/naco/naco-pipeline-manual-1.1.pdf

an overview over the existing ESO pipelines can be found on the web page https://www.eso.org/sci/software/pipelines/. 🌈

basic documentation about the EsoRex program can be found at the esorex (1) man page. 📖

it is possible to call the pipelines from python using the python-cpl package. see https://packages.python.org/python-cpl/index.html for further information. 🐍

the other recipes of the naco pipeline are naco_img_checkfocus(7), naco_img_dark(7), naco_img_detlin(7), naco_img_jitter(7), naco_img_lampflat(7), naco_img_slitpos(7), naco_img_strehl(7), naco_img_twflat(7), naco_img_zpoint(7), naco_spc_lampflat(7), naco_spc_wavecal(7), naco_util_img_std_cat(7), naco_util_spc_argon(7), naco_util_spc_model(7) — the whole friend group, we stan every single one 💜

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⭐ VERSION ⭐

naco_spc_combine 4.4.11

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Lars Lundin <usd-help@eso.org> — king behaviour, thank you for your service 🫡

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😭 BUG REPORTS 😭

please report any problems to usd-help@eso.org. alternatively, you may send a report to the ESO User Support Department <usd-help@eso.org>. don't be shy, they wanna hear it fr fr 💌

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🌸 LICENSE 🌸

this file is part of the NACO Instrument Pipeline Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008 European Southern Observatory.

this program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. ✨

this program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. see the GNU General Public License for more details. (yes that's the scary all-caps part, it's a whole thing, respect the caps 💀)

you should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA 📬

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aww okay that's the whole page bestie 🥹 this was naco_spc_combine version 4.4.11, served fresh from the naco recipes section 7 — go forth and combine those spectra, you absolute icon 💖🌈🎀