shapepipe.modules.random_cat_package

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