Standalone WFC Destriping Tools

ACS Destripe

Remove horizontal stripes from ACS WFC post-SM4 data.

For more information, see ACS ISR 2011-05.

Note

  • Does not work on RAW images.

  • Uses the flatfield specified by the image header keyword PFLTFILE. If keyword value is ‘N/A’, as is the case with biases and darks, then unity flatfield is used.

  • Uses post-flash image specified by the image header keyword FLSHFILE. If keyword value is ‘N/A’, then dummy post-flash with zeroes is used.

  • Uses the dark image specified by the image header keyword DARKFILE. If keyword value is ‘N/A’, then dummy dark with zeroes is used.

Examples

In Python:

>>> from acstools import acs_destripe
>>> acs_destripe.clean('uncorrected_flt.fits', 'csck',
...                    mask1='mymask_sci1.fits', mask2='mymask_sci2.fits',
...                    clobber=False, maxiter=15, sigrej=2.0)

From command line:

% acs_destripe [-h] [--stat STAT] [--lower [LOWER]] [--upper [UPPER]]
               [--binwidth BINWIDTH] [--mask1 MASK1] [--mask2 MASK2]
               [--dqbits [DQBITS]] [--rpt_clean RPT_CLEAN]
               [--atol [ATOL]] [-c] [-q] [--version]
               input suffix [maxiter] [sigrej]

Functions

clean(input, suffix[, stat, maxiter, ...])

Remove horizontal stripes from ACS WFC post-SM4 data.

ACS Destripe Plus

Fully calibrate post-SM4 ACS/WFC exposures using the standalone ACS Destripe tool to remove stripes between ACSCCD and ACSCTE steps in CALACS.

This script runs CALACS (8.3.1 or higher only) and acs_destripe on ACS/WFC images. Input files must be RAW full-frame or supported subarray ACS/WFC exposures taken after SM4. Resultant outputs are science-ready FLT and FLC (if applicable) files.

This script is useful for when the built-in CALACS destriping algorithm using overscans is insufficient or unavailable.

For more information, see ACS ISR 2011-05.

Examples

In Python:

>>> from acstools.acs_destripe_plus import destripe_plus
>>> destripe_plus(
...     'j12345678_raw.fits', suffix='strp', maxiter=15, sigrej=2.0,
...     scimask1='mymask_sci1.fits', scimask2='mymask_sci2.fits',
...     clobber=False, cte_correct=True)

From command line:

% acs_destripe_plus [-h] [--suffix SUFFIX] [--stat STAT]
                    [--maxiter MAXITER] [--sigrej SIGREJ]
                    [--lower [LOWER]] [--upper [UPPER]]
                    [--binwidth BINWIDTH] [--sci1_mask SCI1_MASK]
                    [--sci2_mask SCI2_MASK] [--dqbits [DQBITS]]
                    [--rpt_clean RPT_CLEAN] [--atol [ATOL]] [--nocte]
                    [--keep_intermediate_files] [--clobber] [-q] [--version]
                    input

Functions

destripe_plus(inputfile[, suffix, stat, ...])

Calibrate post-SM4 ACS/WFC exposure(s) and use standalone ACS Destripe.

crrej_plus(filelist, outroot[, ...])

Perform CRREJ and ACS2D on given BLV_TMP or BLC_TMP files.