16 New Features in TSP version 2.0

 16.1 New Commands
 16.2 TSPSUBS library
 16.3 Figaro File access
 16.4 Bad Pixel Handling

16.1 New Commands

16.1.1 Commands for spectropolarimetry reduction
CALFITPA — Fit a calibration curve to polarization position angle
CALPA — Position angle calibrate a polarization spectrum
CCD2POL — Reduce CCD Spectropolarimetry Data
DIVIDE — Divide a polarization spectrum by an intensity spectrum
EXTIN — Correct a polarization spectrum for extinction
FLCONV — Convert a flux calibrated spectrum to F-lambda
LMERGE — Merge two polarization spectra
16.1.2 IR Spectropolarimetry
EPLOT — Plot a polarization spectrum as P, Theta with error bars
IRFLUX — Apply Flux calibration to an infrared polarization spectrum
RCGS2 — Read CGS2 Polarimetry data
ROTPA — Rotate position angle of a polarization spectrum
16.1.3 Time Series Data
LHATPOL — List Hatfield Polarimeter Infrared Data
RHATPOL — Read Hatfield Polarimeter Data
TEXTIN — Correct a time series dataset for extinction
TLIST — List time series data to a file
TSETBAD — Inteactively mark bad points in a time series
16.1.4 Time Series Imaging Data
BUILD3D — Insert a Figaro frame into a time series image
CCDPHOT — Photometry of a star on a time series image
CCDPOL — Polarimetry of a star on a time series image
DISPLAY — Display a time series image on an image display device
IMOTION — Analyze the image motion in a time series image
RCCDTS — Read AAO CCD Time Series data
SKYSUB — Subtract sky from a time series image
SHIFTADD — Add frames correcting for image motion
TSEXTRACT — Optimal extraction of a light curve from a time series image
TSPROFILE — Determine a spatial profile from a time series image
16.1.5 General
DSTOKES — Delete a Stokes Parameter from a dataset

16.2 TSPSUBS library

The TSPSUBS library has been extended to support 3 dimensional datasets (time series images) and rewritten to make use of the NDF package rather than direct calls to HDS. This means that TSP now supports SIMPLE as well as PRIMITIVE NDFs and will benefit from subsequent additions to the NDF package.

16.3 Figaro File access

All access to Figaro files is now through the DSA package, allowing TSP to benefit from the new Figaro 3.0 feature of accessing NDF files as well as DST files. Now that Figaro supports NDF it is not strictly necessary for TSP to use DSA at all, since it could access Figaro files via NDF. However, for the moment the use of DSA has been retained to allow DST files to be accessed as well, which is particularly convenient when working on old data.

16.4 Bad Pixel Handling

Most TSP commands now support the handling and propagation of bad pixels.