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The ScopeSim python ecosystem
Contents:
Getting started
Examples
1: A quick use case for MICADO at the ELT
2: Observing the same object with multiple telescopes
3: Writing and including custom Effects
Hints and Tricks
Using !-string and #-string commands
Turning Effect objects on or off
Downloading packages
Science target templates
Global rc simulation parameters
Source : from FITS images
Source : Point sources from arrays
FAQs
Binding ScopeSim to a local copy of the IRDB
Approximate sketch of “units flow” in ScopeSim
Package Contents
scopesim.commands
scopesim.commands.scopesimple
scopesim.commands.scopesimple.Simulation
scopesim.commands.user_commands
scopesim.commands.user_commands.add_packages_to_rc_search
scopesim.commands.user_commands.check_for_updates
scopesim.commands.user_commands.check_version
scopesim.commands.user_commands.list_local_packages
scopesim.commands.user_commands.load_yaml_dicts
scopesim.commands.user_commands.patch_fake_symlinks
scopesim.commands.user_commands.UserCommands
scopesim.detector
scopesim.detector.detector
scopesim.detector.detector.Detector
scopesim.detector.detector_manager
scopesim.detector.detector_manager.DetectorManager
scopesim.detector.nghxrg
scopesim.detector.nghxrg.HXRGNoise
scopesim.effects
scopesim.effects.apertures
scopesim.effects.apertures.make_aperture_polygon
scopesim.effects.apertures.mask_from_coords
scopesim.effects.apertures.points_on_a_circle
scopesim.effects.apertures.rotate
scopesim.effects.apertures.ApertureList
scopesim.effects.apertures.ApertureMask
scopesim.effects.apertures.RectangularApertureMask
scopesim.effects.apertures.SlitWheel
scopesim.effects.binning_3d
scopesim.effects.binning_3d.FluxBinning3D
scopesim.effects.data_container
scopesim.effects.data_container.DataContainer
scopesim.effects.detector_list
scopesim.effects.detector_list.DetectorList
scopesim.effects.detector_list.DetectorList3D
scopesim.effects.detector_list.DetectorWindow
scopesim.effects.effects
scopesim.effects.effects.Effect
scopesim.effects.effects_utils
scopesim.effects.effects_utils.empty_surface_list
scopesim.effects.effects_utils.get_all_effects
scopesim.effects.effects_utils.is_spectroscope
scopesim.effects.effects_utils.make_effect
scopesim.effects.effects_utils.scopesim_effect_classes
scopesim.effects.effects_utils.z_order_in_range
scopesim.effects.electronic
scopesim.effects.electronic.Quantization
scopesim.effects.electronic.SummedExposure
scopesim.effects.electronic.dmps
scopesim.effects.electronic.dmps.DetectorModePropertiesSetter
scopesim.effects.electronic.electrons
scopesim.effects.electronic.electrons.ADConversion
scopesim.effects.electronic.electrons.InterPixelCapacitance
scopesim.effects.electronic.electrons.LinearityCurve
scopesim.effects.electronic.exposure
scopesim.effects.electronic.exposure.AutoExposure
scopesim.effects.electronic.exposure.ExposureIntegration
scopesim.effects.electronic.exposure.ExposureOutput
scopesim.effects.electronic.noise
scopesim.effects.electronic.noise.BasicReadoutNoise
scopesim.effects.electronic.noise.Bias
scopesim.effects.electronic.noise.DarkCurrent
scopesim.effects.electronic.noise.PixelResponseNonUniformity
scopesim.effects.electronic.noise.PoorMansHxRGReadoutNoise
scopesim.effects.electronic.noise.ShotNoise
scopesim.effects.electronic.pixels
scopesim.effects.electronic.pixels.BinnedImage
scopesim.effects.electronic.pixels.ReferencePixelBorder
scopesim.effects.electronic.pixels.UnequalBinnedImage
scopesim.effects.fits_headers
scopesim.effects.fits_headers.flatten_dict
scopesim.effects.fits_headers.EffectsMetaKeywords
scopesim.effects.fits_headers.ExtraFitsKeywords
scopesim.effects.fits_headers.SimulationConfigFitsKeywords
scopesim.effects.fits_headers.SourceDescriptionFitsKeywords
scopesim.effects.illumination
scopesim.effects.illumination.gaussian2d
scopesim.effects.illumination.quadratic_vignetting
scopesim.effects.illumination.Illumination
scopesim.effects.metis_ifu_simple
scopesim.effects.metis_ifu_simple.ifu_simple
scopesim.effects.metis_ifu_simple.ifu_simple.LineSpreadFunction
scopesim.effects.metis_lms_trace_list
scopesim.effects.metis_lms_trace_list.echelle_setting
scopesim.effects.metis_lms_trace_list.predisperser_angle
scopesim.effects.metis_lms_trace_list.MetisLMSEfficiency
scopesim.effects.metis_lms_trace_list.MetisLMSImageSlicer
scopesim.effects.metis_lms_trace_list.MetisLMSSpectralTrace
scopesim.effects.metis_lms_trace_list.MetisLMSSpectralTraceList
scopesim.effects.metis_wcu
scopesim.effects.metis_wcu.fpmask
scopesim.effects.metis_wcu.fpmask.FPMask
scopesim.effects.metis_wcu.metis_wcu
scopesim.effects.metis_wcu.metis_wcu.get_reflectivity
scopesim.effects.metis_wcu.metis_wcu.WCUSource
scopesim.effects.mosaic_trace_list
scopesim.effects.mosaic_trace_list.MosaicCollapseSpectralTraces
scopesim.effects.mosaic_trace_list.MosaicSpectralTrace
scopesim.effects.mosaic_trace_list.MosaicSpectralTraceList
scopesim.effects.mosaic_trace_list.Transform1D
scopesim.effects.obs_strategies
scopesim.effects.obs_strategies.chop_nod_image
scopesim.effects.obs_strategies.ChopNodCombiner
scopesim.effects.psfs
scopesim.effects.psfs.analytical
scopesim.effects.psfs.analytical.wfe2gauss
scopesim.effects.psfs.analytical.wfe2strehl
scopesim.effects.psfs.analytical.AnalyticalPSF
scopesim.effects.psfs.analytical.GaussianDiffractionPSF
scopesim.effects.psfs.analytical.NonCommonPathAberration
scopesim.effects.psfs.analytical.SeeingPSF
scopesim.effects.psfs.analytical.Vibration
scopesim.effects.psfs.discrete
scopesim.effects.psfs.discrete.get_strehl_cutout
scopesim.effects.psfs.discrete.DiscretePSF
scopesim.effects.psfs.discrete.FieldConstantPSF
scopesim.effects.psfs.discrete.FieldVaryingPSF
scopesim.effects.psfs.psf_base
scopesim.effects.psfs.psf_base.get_bkg_level
scopesim.effects.psfs.psf_base.rotational_blur
scopesim.effects.psfs.psf_base.PSF
scopesim.effects.psfs.psf_base.PoorMansFOV
scopesim.effects.psfs.semianalytical
scopesim.effects.psfs.semianalytical.nmrms_from_strehl_and_wavelength
scopesim.effects.psfs.semianalytical.AnisocadoConstPSF
scopesim.effects.psfs.semianalytical.SemiAnalyticalPSF
scopesim.effects.rotation
scopesim.effects.rotation.Rotate90CCD
scopesim.effects.shifts
scopesim.effects.shifts.atmospheric_refraction
scopesim.effects.shifts.get_pixel_border_waves_from_atmo_disp
scopesim.effects.shifts.AtmosphericDispersion
scopesim.effects.shifts.AtmosphericDispersionCorrection
scopesim.effects.shifts.Shift3D
scopesim.effects.shutter
scopesim.effects.shutter.Shutter
scopesim.effects.spectral_efficiency
scopesim.effects.spectral_efficiency.SpectralEfficiency
scopesim.effects.spectral_trace_list
scopesim.effects.spectral_trace_list.SpectralTraceList
scopesim.effects.spectral_trace_list.SpectralTraceListWheel
scopesim.effects.spectral_trace_list_utils
scopesim.effects.spectral_trace_list_utils.fill_zeros
scopesim.effects.spectral_trace_list_utils.fit2matrix
scopesim.effects.spectral_trace_list_utils.get_affine_parameters
scopesim.effects.spectral_trace_list_utils.make_image_interpolations
scopesim.effects.spectral_trace_list_utils.rolling_median
scopesim.effects.spectral_trace_list_utils.xilam2xy_fit
scopesim.effects.spectral_trace_list_utils.xy2xilam_fit
scopesim.effects.spectral_trace_list_utils.SpectralTrace
scopesim.effects.spectral_trace_list_utils.Transform2D
scopesim.effects.spectral_trace_list_utils.XiLamImage
scopesim.effects.surface_list
scopesim.effects.surface_list.SurfaceList
scopesim.effects.ter_curves
scopesim.effects.ter_curves.ADCWheel
scopesim.effects.ter_curves.AtmoLibraryTERCurve
scopesim.effects.ter_curves.AtmosphericTERCurve
scopesim.effects.ter_curves.DownloadableFilterCurve
scopesim.effects.ter_curves.FilterCurve
scopesim.effects.ter_curves.FilterWheel
scopesim.effects.ter_curves.FilterWheelBase
scopesim.effects.ter_curves.PupilMaskWheel
scopesim.effects.ter_curves.PupilTransmission
scopesim.effects.ter_curves.QuantumEfficiencyCurve
scopesim.effects.ter_curves.SkycalcTERCurve
scopesim.effects.ter_curves.SpanishVOFilterCurve
scopesim.effects.ter_curves.SpanishVOFilterWheel
scopesim.effects.ter_curves.TERCurve
scopesim.effects.ter_curves.TopHatFilterCurve
scopesim.effects.ter_curves.TopHatFilterWheel
scopesim.effects.ter_curves_utils
scopesim.effects.ter_curves_utils.add_edge_zeros
scopesim.effects.ter_curves_utils.apply_throughput_to_cube
scopesim.effects.ter_curves_utils.combine_two_spectra
scopesim.effects.ter_curves_utils.download_svo_filter
scopesim.effects.ter_curves_utils.download_svo_filter_list
scopesim.effects.ter_curves_utils.get_filter
scopesim.effects.ter_curves_utils.get_filter_effective_wavelength
scopesim.effects.ter_curves_utils.get_zero_mag_spectrum
scopesim.effects.ter_curves_utils.scale_spectrum
scopesim.effects.ter_curves_utils.zero_mag_flux
scopesim.optics
scopesim.optics.fov
scopesim.optics.fov.extract_range_from_spectrum
scopesim.optics.fov.replace_nans
scopesim.optics.fov.FieldOfView
scopesim.optics.fov.FieldOfView1D
scopesim.optics.fov.FieldOfView2D
scopesim.optics.fov.FieldOfView3D
scopesim.optics.fov_manager
scopesim.optics.fov_manager.FOVManager
scopesim.optics.fov_volume_list
scopesim.optics.fov_volume_list.FovVolumeList
scopesim.optics.image_plane
scopesim.optics.image_plane.ImagePlane
scopesim.optics.image_plane_utils
scopesim.optics.image_plane_utils.add_imagehdu_to_imagehdu
scopesim.optics.image_plane_utils.add_table_to_imagehdu
scopesim.optics.image_plane_utils.affine_map
scopesim.optics.image_plane_utils.calc_footprint
scopesim.optics.image_plane_utils.calc_table_footprint
scopesim.optics.image_plane_utils.create_wcs_from_points
scopesim.optics.image_plane_utils.det_wcs_from_sky_wcs
scopesim.optics.image_plane_utils.get_canvas_header
scopesim.optics.image_plane_utils.header_from_list_of_xy
scopesim.optics.image_plane_utils.overlay_image
scopesim.optics.image_plane_utils.pix2val
scopesim.optics.image_plane_utils.reorient_imagehdu
scopesim.optics.image_plane_utils.rescale_imagehdu
scopesim.optics.image_plane_utils.sky_wcs_from_det_wcs
scopesim.optics.image_plane_utils.split_header
scopesim.optics.image_plane_utils.sub_pixel_fractions
scopesim.optics.image_plane_utils.val2pix
scopesim.optics.optical_element
scopesim.optics.optical_element.OpticalElement
scopesim.optics.optical_train
scopesim.optics.optical_train.apply_fov_effects
scopesim.optics.optical_train.extract_source
scopesim.optics.optical_train.view_fov
scopesim.optics.optical_train.OpticalTrain
scopesim.optics.optics_manager
scopesim.optics.optics_manager.OpticsManager
scopesim.optics.surface
scopesim.optics.surface.PoorMansSurface
scopesim.optics.surface.SpectralSurface
scopesim.optics.surface_utils
scopesim.optics.surface_utils.extract_base_from_unit
scopesim.optics.surface_utils.extract_type_from_unit
scopesim.optics.surface_utils.make_emission_from_array
scopesim.optics.surface_utils.make_emission_from_emissivity
scopesim.optics.surface_utils.normalise_flux_if_binned
scopesim.server
scopesim.server.database
scopesim.server.database.check_packages
scopesim.server.database.crawl_server_dirs
scopesim.server.database.download_missing_pkgs
scopesim.server.database.download_package
scopesim.server.database.download_packages
scopesim.server.database.get_all_latest
scopesim.server.database.get_all_package_versions
scopesim.server.database.get_all_packages_on_server
scopesim.server.database.get_all_stable
scopesim.server.database.get_latest
scopesim.server.database.get_package_folders
scopesim.server.database.get_server_folder_package_names
scopesim.server.database.get_server_package_list
scopesim.server.database.get_stable
scopesim.server.database.group_package_versions
scopesim.server.database.list_packages
scopesim.server.database.PkgNotFoundError
scopesim.server.download_utils
scopesim.server.download_utils.create_client
scopesim.server.download_utils.create_retriever
scopesim.server.download_utils.get_base_url
scopesim.server.download_utils.get_local_packages_path
scopesim.server.download_utils.get_server_folder_contents
scopesim.server.download_utils.handle_download
scopesim.server.download_utils.handle_unzipping
scopesim.server.download_utils.send_get
scopesim.server.download_utils.ServerError
scopesim.server.example_data_utils
scopesim.server.example_data_utils.download_example_data
scopesim.server.example_data_utils.list_example_data
scopesim.server.github_utils
scopesim.server.github_utils.create_github_url
scopesim.server.github_utils.download_github_folder
scopesim.source
scopesim.source.source
scopesim.source.source.Source
scopesim.source.source_fields
scopesim.source.source_fields.BackgroundSourceField
scopesim.source.source_fields.CubeSourceField
scopesim.source.source_fields.HDUSourceField
scopesim.source.source_fields.ImageSourceField
scopesim.source.source_fields.SourceField
scopesim.source.source_fields.SpectrumSourceField
scopesim.source.source_fields.TableSourceField
scopesim.source.source_templates
scopesim.source.source_templates.ab_spectrum
scopesim.source.source_templates.empty_sky
scopesim.source.source_templates.st_spectrum
scopesim.source.source_templates.star
scopesim.source.source_templates.star_field
scopesim.source.source_templates.uniform_illumination
scopesim.source.source_templates.uniform_source
scopesim.source.source_templates.vega_spectrum
scopesim.source.source_utils
scopesim.source.source_utils.convert_to_list_of_spectra
scopesim.source.source_utils.make_img_wcs_header
scopesim.source.source_utils.parse_sed_table
scopesim.source.source_utils.photons_in_range
scopesim.source.source_utils.scale_imagehdu
scopesim.source.source_utils.validate_source_input
scopesim.utils
scopesim.utils.airmass2zendist
scopesim.utils.airmass_to_zenith_dist
scopesim.utils.array_minmax
scopesim.utils.bug_report
scopesim.utils.bug_report_to_file
scopesim.utils.change_table_entry
scopesim.utils.check_keys
scopesim.utils.close_loop
scopesim.utils.convert_table_comments_to_dict
scopesim.utils.cube_plotter
scopesim.utils.deriv_polynomial2d
scopesim.utils.figure_factory
scopesim.utils.figure_grid_factory
scopesim.utils.find_file
scopesim.utils.from_currsys
scopesim.utils.from_rc_config
scopesim.utils.get_fits_type
scopesim.utils.get_meta_quantity
scopesim.utils.has_needed_keywords
scopesim.utils.image_plotter
scopesim.utils.is_fits
scopesim.utils.link_irdb
scopesim.utils.log_bug_report
scopesim.utils.log_to_file
scopesim.utils.nearest
scopesim.utils.parallactic_angle
scopesim.utils.pixel_area
scopesim.utils.power_vector
scopesim.utils.pretty_print_dict
scopesim.utils.quantify
scopesim.utils.quantity_from_table
scopesim.utils.real_colname
scopesim.utils.seq
scopesim.utils.set_console_log_level
scopesim.utils.set_inst_pkgs_path
scopesim.utils.stringify_dict
scopesim.utils.top_level_catch
scopesim.utils.unit_from_table
scopesim.utils.unit_includes_per_physical_type
scopesim.utils.update_logging
scopesim.utils.write_report
scopesim.utils.zendist2airmass
scopesim.utils.zenith_dist_to_airmass
scopesim.utils.zeros_from_header
scopesim.utils.ScopesimPendingDeprecationWarning
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scopesim.utils.is_fits
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is_fits()
scopesim.utils.is_fits
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