The naco_util_img_std_cat recipe
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.. data:: naco_util_img_std_cat

Synopsis
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Standard star catalog creation

Description
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naco_util_img_std_cat -- Standard star catalog creation.

Convert ASCII-file(s) to a FITS standard star catalog.

This recipe generates a FITS standard star catalog for imaging from one or more ASCII-files.

Each line in the text file must have 4+8 fields separated by white-space.

The first field is the star name, e.g. 'HD108903' which will be stored in a table column labeled 'STARS'.

The next field is the Right Ascension [degrees] which will be stored in a table column labeled 'RA'.

The Right Ascension must be non-negative and less than 360.

The next field is the Declination [degrees] which will be stored in a table column labeled 'DEC'.

The Declination must be within the range -90 to 90.

The next field is the spectral type which will be stored in a table column labeled 'SP_TYPE'.

The 8 next fields are the magnitudes for the 8 supported image filters.

Unknown magnitudes must be indicated by the value 99.0.

The filename (without path) of the ASCII file will for each star be added in a table column labeled 'CAT_NAME'.

The 8 filter names are hard-coded in the recipe.


Lines beginning with a hash (#) are treated as comments.


The files listed in the Set Of Frames (sof-file) must be tagged:
NACO-ASCII-file IMG_STD_ASCII

Constructor
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.. method:: cpl.Recipe("naco_util_img_std_cat")
   :noindex:

   Create an object for the recipe naco_util_img_std_cat.

::

   import cpl
   naco_util_img_std_cat = cpl.Recipe("naco_util_img_std_cat")



.. seealso:: `cpl.Recipe <http://packages.python.org/python-cpl/recipe.html>`_
   for more information about the recipe object.

Bug reports
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Please report any problems to `Lars Lundin <llundin@eso.org>`_. Alternatively, you may 
send a report to the `ESO User Support Department <usd-help@eso.org>`_.

Copyright
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This file is part of the NACO Instrument Pipeline
Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008 European Southern Observatory

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, 
MA  02111-1307  USA

.. codeauthor:: Lars Lundin <llundin@eso.org>
