Image Combination and Processing Tutorial/Boilerplate

This notebook will help you create median combined flat field images from the WIYN 0.9m


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import astropy.io.fits as fits
import numpy as np
import glob

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%pylab
%matplotlib inline

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##read in a sample 0.9m image and print it's dimensions
image1 = fits.getdata("data/wiyn0_9/2016june18/NGC6240/c7558t0054o00.fits")
image1.shape

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##Tell the program how many flat images to combine
nims =    ##insert the number of images here before the ##
first_frame =  # specify the first frame of the set you want to combine.

##insert the path to the file and basic string that starts out the name of all of the files, 
#in quotations. 

basestring = 
              ## For example, "/mnt/camp-storage/ATC2016/wiyn_09/Converted2016june20/c7560t"

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##this piece takes your input above and makes a
#3D "cube" of bias-subtracted images for you to work with
dim = len(image1[0])
image_bsub = np.zeros((dim,dim,nims))

for i,file_index in enumerate(range(first_frame,first_frame+nims)):
    filename = basestring+'%04i' % file_index +'o00.fits'
    print(filename)
    image = fits.getdata(filename)
    ## subtract the bias from the bias overscan regions
    overscan=image[4100:4140,4100:4140]
    overscan_mean = mean(overscan)
    image_bsub[:,:,i] = image - overscan_mean

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##now we'll take the median combination of these images
median_image = median(image_bsub, axis=2)

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## plot this median image, you may need to add some keywords to imshow to see anything
figure(figsize=(10,10))
imshow(median_image, cmap='magma') 
colorbar()

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## write out your new image as a .fits file

fname = "test.fits"  ##fill in your desired filename here, in quotes, for example "Rflat.fits"
fits.writeto(fname, median_image) 
#if you need to overwrite an existing file, add: clobber=True

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