# next is file make_flat.param
# parameters used by the "make_flat" script


# directory containing the raw image files
input_dir    /usr/tom1/data

# stem for the name of output master flatfield files
#    (will have filter appended, so "master_flat" will
#     yield names like "master_flat_V.fts")
#     
output_dir    ../output
output_file     master_flat

# these define a box which we'll use for scaling frames
#   to a common mean, before combining to make a flatfield frame
box_number      9
box_row_center  1000
box_col_center  1000
box_row_size    200
box_col_size    200

# these are used by the "mask" program to define "bad regions"
#   on (a trimmed copy of) the flatfield image.  A "bad region"
#   is a group of connected pixels which all deviate stronly from
#   the local mean and stdev.
mask_gridsize    150
mask_minsig       10.0
mask_minpix       30

# do we want to use special twilight-sky (or dome) images to create
#   the flatfield frame, or use night-sky images of target objects?
#   If this is set to 1, then we use images with type "flat";
#   otherwise, we use (night-sky) images with type "object".
twisky_flats      0

# we combine at most this many images in each filter to create 
#   a master flatfield.  We ignore any excess images
flat_maximages  250


# end of file make_flat.param
#####################################################