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/* Operating Mookodi */
=== Photometry ===
==== Installation Instructions ====
'''NB. If you use the TEA-Phot-SAAO code to produce results for a scientific publication, we ask that you please adhere to the citation requests of the developers that are on the main repository page (link below).'''
* To display basic usage and optional arguments run:
python TEA-Phot.py -h
* A typical example to reduce and extract photomery from Mookodi data would be something like this:
python TEA-Phot.py SAAO Mookodi MKD --bias MKD --flat MKD --image_dir /full/path/to/science/fits/files/ --bias_dir /full/path/to/bias/fits/files/ --flat_dir /full/path/to/flat/fits/files/ --out_dir /full/path/to/chosen/output/directory/ --do_plot True --source_sigma 1.5
NB. you may need to use "python3" if you haven't linked your python to python 3.6+
* Wait for window to appear and select target and comparison star with mouse-clicks.
#*'''Binning:''' Options are 1×1, 2×2, 3×3, and 4×4.
#*'''Gain:''' High (faint objects), medium, and low (bright objects)
#*'''Rate (readout rate):''' Fast (5 MHz) - read-noise of 13.6 electrons, and slow (0.05 MHz) - read-noise of 3.3 electrons (see Andor spec sheet link at the top of page)
#*'''Image Type:''' This has no physical effect on the instrument configuration and only populates a header keyword with the selection (possibly useful for automated data reduction)
#*'''Instrument Mode:''' This has no physical effect on the instrument configuration and only populates a header keyword with the selection (possibly useful for automated data reduction)
#*TIPS: TODO.
''Note: It is advisable that DARK frames should be taken with the shutter in the "ALWAYS CLOSED" mode. BIAS frames (especially if multiple frames are taken) SHOULD ALWAYS be taken with the shutter in the "ALWAYS CLOSED" mode since this will deactivate the iris-shutter in the closed state and prolong the lifetime, see also [[#Suitable_Uses|high cadence imaging]] in the Suitable uses section at the top of this page. == Data Access ==
From a terminal window:
scp mookodiobserver@mookodi.suth.saao.ac.za:/data/lesedi/mkd/yyyy/mmdd/* .<local path to copy to> Password: Same as username shown above with "Saao" prefixed.
Where <code>yyyy</code> is the year, <code>mm</code> is the month, and <code>dd</code> is the day. The convention is that the data rolls over to the current date at 1200 UTC, hence all the files from a given night are stored in the folder corresponding to the date at the start of the night. e.g. All observations started on the night of 2021/12/11 will be stored in <code>/data/lesedi/mkd/2021/1211/</code>.
