DARKADJ

Name

darkadj

Purpose

Adjust a superdark CCD calibration frame by a multiplicative constant.

Description

This is a kludge routine that is needed for one of my CCD cameras. It
_always_ generates a superdark frame that is too hot when used for
correcting normal stare-mode images.

Calling Sequence

darkadj,indark,factor

Inputs

indark - String containing file name of dark image (FITS format) to adjust
factor - Multiplicative factor for adjustment
newdark = factor * indark

Optional Input Parameters

Keyword Input Parameters

Outputs

The adjusted dark frame is written to the file, indark+'a'

Keyword Output Parameters

Common Blocks

Side Effects

Restrictions

Procedure

Modification History

Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory, 1999 May 12