shapepipe.modules.random_cat_package
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shapepipe.modules.random_cat_package¶
RANDOM CATALOGUE PACKAGE.
This package contains the module for random_cat.
- Author
 Martin Kilbinger <martin.kilbinger@cea.fr>
- Parent module
 None
- Input
 Images and masks
- Output
 Random catalogue FITS file
Description¶
This module creates a random catalogue, and computes the tile area accounting for overlapping and masked regions.
Module-specific config file entries¶
- N_RANDOMfloat
 The number of random objects requested on output
- DENSITYbool, optional
 Option to interpret the number of random objects per square degree; the default is
False- SAVE_MASK_AS_HEALPIXbool
 Output healpix mask if
True- HEALPIX_OUT_FILE_BASEstr, optional
 Output halpix mask file base name; used only if SAVE_MASK_AS_HEALPIX is
True- HEALPIX_OUT_NSIDEint, optional
 Output healpix mask nside; used only if SAVE_MASK_AS_HEALPIX is
True