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MOPEX User's Guide

 


 

Appendix A.                  Full List of MOPEX Scripts

 

Here is a full list of all of the scripts available in MOPEX. Some of them are not available in the GUI, and so can only be run from the command-line. For the command-line only scripts, the documentation can be found in the given README files, which can be found in the readme/ directory of your MOPEX distribution.

 

The scripts included with MOPEX are split into "Supported" and "Under Construction". Supported scripts are verified and fully supported, and are split into "Commonly Used" and "Auxiliary" scripts. Those under construction are either unfinished or have not been verified, and are used entirely at the user's risk. We do not support scripts under construction.

A.1    Supported Scripts

A.1.1    Commonly Used

Tool

Description

GUI?

Documentation

aperture.pl

Computes aperture fluxes

N

aperture.pdf

apex.pl / apex_1frame.pl

Performs multiframe / single frame point source extraction

Y

This manual, Chapter 6

apex_user_list.pl / apex_user_list_1frame.pl

Carries out multiframe / single frame point source extraction on a user-defined source list.

Y

This manual, Chapter 6

apex_qa.pl

Creates point source subtracted mosaic

Y

This manual, Chapter 6

cosmetic.pl

For IRAC data only; removes muxbleed and column pull-down artifacts in IRAC images. Superceded by Sean Carey's IDL code, available as Contributed Software.

N

README_cosmetic (txt)

fiducial_frame.pl

Creates mosaic projection table.

N

--

flatfield.pl

Performs final flatfielding. Not recommended for use with IRAC data

N

README_flatfield (txt)

mosaic.pl

For mosaicking the BCDs with/without outlier detection

Y

This manual Chapter 5

mosaic_sed.pl

Performs interpolation and coadition of MIPS SED (spectral energy distribution) images, and extraction of the spectra

N

mosaic_sed.pdf

overlap.pl

Performs background matching on BCDs

Y

This manual Chapter 4

prf_estimate.pl

Runs PRF (Point Response Function) estimation

Y

This manual Chapter 7

A.1.2    Auxiliary

Tool

Description

GUI?

Documentation

copy_HDR_keywords.pl 

Copies HDR-mode header keywords 

N

--

easymosaic.pl

Produces a quick-look mosaic without having to specify parameters

N

README_easymosaic (txt)

hdr_mask.pl

Replaces saturated pixels in the long integration time frames with their counterparts from the short integration time frames

N

README_hdr_mask (txt)

HDR_Split.pl

Splits file lists into short, medium and long exposures in HDR mode

N

--

mosaic_mask.pl

Creates a mosaic of the mask images(e.g. creates a mosaic of RMask images)

N

mosaic_mask.pdf

numbertable.pl

Numbers the rows in a table

N

--

pointing_refine.pl

Performs absolute/relative pointing refinement (generally not needed as pointing refinement is now done automatically as part of the IRAC pipeline)

N

pointingrefine.html

PSEutils.pl

Library functions. DO NOT EDIT

N

--

swap_refined_keywords.pl

Swaps the refine pointing and the default keywords (e.g. to view in ds9 since it won't automatically see the refined keywords)

N

--

table_1col_stat.pl

Computes histogram for a table column

N

--

table_stat.pl

Computes statistics for a table column

N

--

A.1.3    Under Construction

Tool

Description

GUI?

Documentation

fastsortrealmatch.pl 

Source matching 

N

--

myscore.pl

Performs completeness test

N

--

photo.pl

Flux error comparison

N

--

simulate.pl

Makes BCD-like data from the mosaic

N

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