Telescope#
- class prose.Telescope[source]#
Save and store FITS header keywords definition for a given telescope
This is a Python Data Class, so that all attributes described below can be used as keyword-arguments when instantiating a Telescope
Methods
__init__
([name, names, keyword_telescope, ...])date
(header)error
(signal, area, sky, exposure[, ...])from_dict
(env)Load from a dict ensuring that only class attributes are used
from_name
(name[, verbose, strict])from_names
(instrument_name, telescope_name)image_type
(header)load
(filename)Attributes
altitude
altitude of the telescope in meters, default is
2000
,bjd_scale
unit of the value of BJD, default is
"utc"
camera_name
name of the telescope camera, default is
None
date_string_format
date string format, default is
None
dec_unit
unit of the value of keyword_dec, default is
"deg"
diameter
diameter of the telescope in centimeters, default is
100
earth_location
gain
detector gain in electrons/ADU, default is
1
hdu
index of the FITS HDU where to find image data, default is
0
jd_scale
unit of the value of JD, default is
"utc"
keyword_airmass
FITS header keyword for airmass, default is
"AIRMASS"
keyword_bias_images
value of keyword_image_type associated to flat calibration images, default is
"bias"
keyword_bjd
FITS header keyword for barycentric julian day, default is
"BJD"
keyword_dark_images
value of keyword_image_type associated to dark calibration images, Default is
"dark"
keyword_dec
FITS header keyword for declination, default is
"DEC"
keyword_exposure_time
FITS header keyword for exposure time, default is
"EXPTIME"
keyword_filter
FITS header keyword for filter, default is
"FILTER"
keyword_flat_images
value of keyword_image_type associated to flat calibration images, default is
"flat"
keyword_flip
FITS header keyword for meridian flip configuration, default is
"PIERSIDE"
keyword_fwhm
FITS header keyword for image full-width-half-maximum (fwhm), default is
"FWHM"
keyword_image_type
FITS header keyword for image type (e.g.
keyword_jd
FITS header keyword for julian day, default is
"JD"
keyword_light_images
value of keyword_image_type associated to science (aka light) images, default is
"light"
keyword_object
FITS header keyword for observed object name, default is
"OBJECT"
keyword_observation_date
FITS header keyword for observation date, default is "DATE:code:-OBS"
keyword_ra
FITS header keyword for right ascension, default is
"RA"
keyword_seeing
FITS header keyword for image seeing, default is
"SEEING"
keyword_telescope
FITS header keyword for telescope name, default is
"TELESCOP"
latlong
latitude and longitude of the telescope, default is
(None, None)
mjd
value to subtract from the value of keyword_jd
name
Name taken by the telescope if saved
names
Alternative names that the telescope may take in the fits header values of keyword_telescope
pixel_scale
pixel scale (or plate scale) of the detector in arcsec/pixel, default is
None
ra_unit
unit of the value of keyword_ra, default is
"deg"
read_noise
detector read noise in ADU, default is
9
saturation
detector's pixels full depth (saturation) in ADU, default is
55000
save
trimming
horizontal and vertical overscan of an image in pixels, default is
(0, 0)