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SRC WINDOW RAD Source window radius . Type=J, Unit=pixel.
BKG WINDOW RAD Background window radius . Type=J, Unit=pixel.
NGOODPIX Number of good detectors (copied from input image). Type=J, Unit=pixel.
BAT ZOBJ Near-field source height (ground testing only; coped from input image). Type=D,
Unit=cm.
PCODEFR Partial coding fraction of source. Type=D.
x PER IMX Derivative of x position with respect to IMX. Type=D, Unit=deg.
x PER IMY Derivative of x position with respect to IMY. Type=D, Unit=deg.
keyword Keywords copied from input image via the ‘keepkeywords’ parameter.
D.2.5 DISTORTION CORRECTION
Batcelldetect can correct for systematic non-linear centroid shifts in the image. It is assumed
that all catalog celestial positions (input and output) are in “true” undistorted coordinates. All
distortion corrections occur at the pixel level within batcelldetect. The distortion correction occurs
if the ‘distfile’ parameter points to a correction map.
D.2.6 PARAMETERS
infile [filename ]
Input file name containing one or more sky maps. Each sky map should be stored as one
image extension. (Avoid using the CFITSIO syntax to select image extensions; individual
images extensions can be selected from the file using the ‘rows’ parameter).
outfile [filename ]
Output source list.
snrthresh [real ]
Signal to noise threshold for detection of sources. A value of 6.0 indicates that an excess
must be 6 sigma above the background level to be considered a detection. Here 1 sigma
is the standard deviation of the background. Note: for performance reasons users should
choose snrthresh > 3.5. Also, if nadjpix > 1, then the effective threshold will be higher than
snrthresh.
(incatalog=NONE) [string ]
Name of input catalog of known sources. This catalog must have at least the columns RA and
DEC, in degrees (J2000). Additional columns are also copied to outfile (however see above
about required units). A value of “NONE” indicates that no a priori catalog should be used.
Specifying this incatalog=NONE by itself does not prevent the cell-detection based source
detection algorithm from being applied.
(pcodefile=NONE) [string ]
Name of optional partial coding map file. This may be any image with exactly the same
dimensions and coordinate system as infile. Any region where the partial coding map exceeds
pcodethresh is searched for sources; any region where it is below pcodethresh is ignored. The