Telescope

class prose.Telescope

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)