Spitzer Documentation & Tools
MOPEX User's Guide

5.6.22    Mosaic Modules: Create RMask Mosaic

Command Line Equivalent: create_rmask_mosaic

Default Output Directory: <output_dir>/Rmask-mosaic

Depends On: Mosaic RMask

 

Important Notes: This module treats the RMasks as normal images, so co-adding them using this module causes all bit information to be lost in the output mosaic.

 

PURPOSE

This module creates an output mosaic of the RMask images.

 

INPUTS

There are no user-defined input parameters for this module.

 

COMMAND LINE INPUT

There are no user-defined input parameters for this module.

 

OUTPUT

RMask Mosaic (mosaic.fits): this single FITS file is a mosaic or the RMasks, showing all of the outlier pixels rejected by MOPEX for this dataset. It is written to the RMask output directory, so it does not overwrite the primary mosaic output, despite the similar name.

 

DISCUSSION

The RMask images are interpolated and co-added into a single mosaic. However, they are treated as regular images, so that all the bit information is lost in the process.