SPARK Change Log

v1.1.6 (not yet published)

(Release for Software Verification)

• kmo_sky_tweak

  • Introduction of new recipe.

• Reference Manual

  • Updated version.

v1.1.5

(intermediate release)

• kmo_sci_red

  • Bug fix: Failed when OH_SPEC was provided

• reconstruction

  • No more spikes at the beginning and end of reconstructed spectra (with cubic spline)

v1.1.4

(intermediate release)

• kmo_reconstruct, kmo_illumination, kmo_std_star, kmo_sci_red, kmo_shift, kmo_rotate, kmo_combine

  • Enhancements on flux-conservation. It is switched off as default except in kmo_std_star where we can expect to have a bright object in the IFU.

• kmo_reconstruct

  • Fixed bug in OH-line matching.
  • OH-line matching based on a reference OH-spectrum improving object-sky subtraction (like in kmo_reconstruct)

• kmo_sci_red

  • Enhancements on background-removal for mapping-mode. This feature is off per default since it works best for maps with sparse objects in it.
  • OH-line matching based on a reference OH-spectrum improving object-sky subtraction (like in kmo_reconstruct)

• kmo_reconstruct, kmo_std_star, kmo_sci_red

  • Implemented interpolation of xcal-frames for angles in between the frames. This feature is used as default. To switch it off, set the parameter --xcal_interpolation=FALSE

• kmo_make_image

  • Fixed bug: couldn't collapse a SCI_COMBINED frame.

• RTD

  • Object- and sky-frame are now first subtracted and then reconstructed (Speed improvement).

• kmo_extract_spec, kmo_make_image, kmo_stats

  • Fixed bug regarding gasgano: any category for the 1st input frame is accepted now.

v1.1.3

(intermediate release)

• kmo_illumination

  • added --pix_scale parameter for arbitrary pixel resolution in reconstructed cubes

• kmo_reconstruct, kmo_sci_red

  • Flux of reconstructed cubes is scaled according to pixel_scale

• SPARKplug

  • Fixed bug: Copying selected frames to lower panel should work now as well on MacOS

• kmo_sci_red

  • Fixed bug with --no_subtract: Accepts now as well sky-only frames

• easySPARK-scripts

  • Fixed bugs with ESO archive filename scheme

v1.1.2

(intermediate release)

• kmo_combine

  • Changed default behaviour: if no IFU or name is specified, all target names are combined and saved (no mapping-mode as default anymore)

• kmo_reconstruct

  • OH-line matching based on a reference OH-spectrum improving object-sky subtraction
  • added --pix_scale parameter for arbitrary pixel resolution in reconstructed cubes

• kmo_sci_red

  • added --no_combine option
  • added --no_subtract option (implies --no_combine because otherwise IFUs containing skies would be combined with ones with objects in it. With kmo_combine the products can be combined individually afterwards)
  • added --pix_scale parameter for arbitrary pixel resolution in reconstructed cubes
  • if just a single SCIENCE frame is provided, ALL IFUs (of type R, O and S) are processed

v1.1.1

(intermediate release)

• bug fix:

  • All recipes doing reconstruction were failing when reading the calibration frames if angle=0 deg wasn't present

• kmo_std_star

  • Doesn't crash anymore when star type is defined wrongly in header keywords

• kmo_std_star, kmo_sci_red

  • Processes now as well R (along with O and S) in header keyword ESO OCS ARMx TYPE

• kmo_combine, kmo_sci_red

  • Added parameter --edge_nan. Sets top/bottom row to NaN, improves results when dithering (like with SINFONI data).

• kmo_reconstruct, kmo_sci_red

  • First implementation of improved flux conservation (still to be improved).

• kmo_sci_red

  • Added parameter --background. Activate for background removal (to be improved).

v1.1.0

(Release for COMM3)

• kmo_illumination

  • Fixed edge effects in ILLUM_CORR. Takes now FLAT_EDGE frame as input to correlate MASTER_FLAT and FLAT_SKY frames. Additional output SKYFLAT_EDGE.

• kmo_reconstruct, kmo_multi_reconstruct, kmo_illumination, kmo_sci_red

  • Emit warning if XCAL, YCAL and LCAL frames don't originate from the same calibration set.

• kmo_sci_red

  • Emit warning if the parameters b_samples, b_start and b_end aren't the same for LCAL and TELLURIC frames.

v1.0.9

(intermediate release for USM, not published here)

• kmo_illumination

  • Ignores now the first exposure of the KMOS_spec_cal_skyflat template which is just for acquisition. With the parameter --add-all it can be forced to be included.
  • Added band-specific spectral ranges used to collapse the cubes in order to create the skies.

• kmo_std_star

  • accepts lower case star types
  • corrected WCS in headers of products
  • QC THRUPUT and QC ZPOINT are now calculated on the whole area of the IFU and not only on the masked area
  • QC STD TRACE are now calculated based on the difference of two specified spectral ranges. Before, the whole spectrum was taken into account resulting in inadequate results.
  • Fixed WCS in product headers as well as EXTNAME keyword which caused errors when processing the products in the next steps

• easySPARK

  • Fixed bugs in easySPARK_illumination.sh and easySPARK_std_star.sh
  • Added easySPARK_sci_red.sh

• kmo_sci_red

  • Increased verbosity on displayed shift parameters
  • For mapping-mode added --fast-mode parameter for a quick preview based on collapsed cubes
  • Added telluric tweaking for 3stdstar-template and if 24-template isn't complete

• kmo_combine

  • Increased verbosity on displayed shift parameters

• kmo_fits_strip

  • When used with --angle parameter and with calibration files the NAANGLE keywords are now handled correctly
  • Added parameter --empty to remove empty extensions

v1.0.8

(Intermediate release for software developers at USM)

• kmo_wave_cal'

  • no BADPIXEL_FLAT frame needed anymore
  • fixed memory leaks

• Added "file_extension" parameter

  • If set, the filenames of the products can be altered. The behaviour for the recipes differs:
    • kmo_arithmetic: provide an arbitrary string to append

    • kmo_dark: set to TRUE or FALSE to append EXPTIME keyword

    • kmo_reconstruct: set to TRUE or FALSE to append OBS_ID keyword

• kmo_flat

  • optimised memory usage, needs now less RAM, a bit slower due to disk I/O

v1.0.7

• organisation of calibration files

  • XCAL/YCAL/LCAL contain now all rotator angles in a single file (e.g. xcal_HHH_HHH