---
name: "amber_SciCal"
section: "7"
platform: "linux"
package: "cpl-plugin-amber-doc"
version: "4.4.3+dfsg-1"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/amber_SciCal"
---

# amber\_SciCal(7)

AMBER Science and Calibration Recipe

## NAME

amber\_SciCal - AMBER Science and Calibration Recipe

## SYNOPSIS

esorex **amber\_SciCal** \[OPTIONS\] FILE.sof

## DESCRIPTION

This recipe calculates Visibilities from a Pixel-To-Visibility-Matrix and Raw Files in 2- and 3-Telescope Mode (HL-version)

## OPTIONS

- **--binning** *\<int\>*

  Number of Frames to be averaged per Visibility (int; default: 1). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is **amber.amber\_SciCal.int\_binning** \[default = *1*\].

- **--selectPlusTrf** *\<bool\>*

  select good visibilities and try to calculate the transfer function (bool; default: True). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is **amber.amber\_SciCal.selectPlusTrf** \[default = *True*\].

- **--activate\_BEAUTIFY\_PISTON** *\<bool\>*

  TBD (bool; default: True). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is **amber.amber\_SciCal.activate\_BEAUTIFY\_PISTON** \[default = *True*\].

- **--activate\_MIN\_PHOTOMETRY** *\<bool\>*

  TBD (bool; default: True). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is **amber.amber\_SciCal.activate\_MIN\_PHOTOMETRY** \[default = *True*\].

- **--activate\_DROP** *\<bool\>*

  TBD (bool; default: False). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is **amber.amber\_SciCal.activate\_DROP** \[default = *False*\].

- **--value\_BEAUTIFY\_PISTON** *\<float\>*

  TBD (float; default: 1.0). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is **amber.amber\_SciCal.value\_BEAUTIFY\_PISTON** \[default = *1.0*\].

- **--value\_MIN\_PHOTOMETRY** *\<float\>*

  TBD (float; default: 0.0). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is **amber.amber\_SciCal.value\_MIN\_PHOTOMETRY** \[default = *0.0*\].

- **--value\_DROP** *\<float\>*

  TBD (float; default: 0.0). The full name of this option for the EsoRex configuration file is **amber.amber\_SciCal.value\_DROP** \[default = *0.0*\].

Note that it is possible to create a configuration file containing these options, along with suitable default values. Please refer to the details provided by the 'esorex --help' command.

## SEE ALSO

The full documentation for the amber pipeline can be downloaded as  a PDF file using the following URL:

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  **ftp://ftp.eso.org/pub/dfs/pipelines/amber/amber-pipeline-manual-4.4.3.pdf**

An overview over the existing ESO pipelines can be found on the web page **https://www.eso.org/sci/software/pipelines/**.

Basic documentation about the EsoRex program can be found at the esorex (1)  man page.

It is possible to call the pipelines from python using the python-cpl package. See **https://packages.python.org/python-cpl/index.html** for further information.

The other recipes of the amber pipeline are [*amber\_BeamPos*(7)](/amber_BeamPos/7.md), [*amber\_ascii\_export*(7)](/amber_ascii_export/7.md), [*amber\_calibrate*(7)](/amber_calibrate/7.md), [*amber\_detector*(7)](/amber_detector/7.md), [*amber\_oimerge*(7)](/amber_oimerge/7.md), [*amber\_p2vm*(7)](/amber_p2vm/7.md), [*amber\_raw\_to\_fitsimage*(7)](/amber_raw_to_fitsimage/7.md), [*amber\_selector*(7)](/amber_selector/7.md), [*amber\_spectral\_calibration*(7)](/amber_spectral_calibration/7.md), [*amber\_trf*(7)](/amber_trf/7.md)

## VERSION

amber\_SciCal 4.4.3

## AUTHOR

Tom Licha \<https://support.eso.org\>

## BUG REPORTS

Please report any problems to https://support.eso.org. Alternatively, you may send a report to the ESO User Support Department \<usd-help@eso.org\>.

## LICENSE

GP