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Procedure: Generate Reference Centroids

Introduction
Prerequisites
Execution
Example
Modifications

Introdution:

Create a file containing reference centroids tuned to the current seeing.

Prerequisites:

  • Initial reference centroid file generated from image sharpening on fibre source (typically generated during afternoon optimization), corresponding to appropriate centering algorithm (e.g. BINQUAD / COG / QUAD).
  • Knowledge of ambient seeing conditions (e.g. 1.8 arcsec) determined from guide camera.

Execution:

All supported modes:

user@real.ucolick.org:/u/gavel/data > genSkyRefcentsAll <seeing> e.g. user@real.ucolick.org:/u/gavel/data > genSkyRefcentsAll <1.3> Thi script looks for the most recent refcents for each mode (8x and 16x, cog, binquad, and quad). If a saved setup is not using the most recent refcent file, it is necessary to process that one individually with the original command, genSkyRefcents.

Individual modes:

user@real.ucolick.org:/u/gavel/data > genSkyRefcents <mode> hs-20XX-XX-XX-BINQUAD_XXxLGS.fits <seeing>

Where mode can be either 16x or 8x and seeing is the estimated prevailing seeing in units of arcseconds. Output is written to a (current) date-stamped file with the string _onSky inserted. If a value for <seeing> is not specified, default value of 1.0 is adopted.

Example:

user@real.ucolick.org:/u/gavel/data > genSkyRefcents 16x hs-2014-11-05-BINQUAD_16xLGS.fits 1.8

Yields the file:

user@real.ucolick.org:/u/gavel/data/hs-2014-11-05-BINQUAD_16xLGS_onSky.fits

Modifications:

2021-12-20:
Updated.
2021-09-21:
Updated.
2014-12-09:
Script migrated gavel -> user.
2014-11-05:
First version.

This document last updated (UTC): Tuesday 04 March 2025