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APEX User List Multiframe Input Parameters
Parameter names in the command line version Parameter names in the GUI version
Switch on/off (1/0) module Module name in GUI
compute_uncertainties_internally S/N estimator
have_uncertainties N/A (assumed to be 1 if uncertainty images are given in Sigma List File)
run_fiducial_image_frame Fiducial Image Frame
run_mosaic_interp Mosaic Interpolate
run_mosaic_coadder Mosaic Co Adder
run_detect_medfilter Detect Med Filter
run_gaussnoise Gauss Noise
run_mosaic_combiner Mosaic Combiner
run_extract_medfilter Extract Med Filter
run_detectionmap Detection Map
run_sourcestimate Source Estimate
run_aperture Aperture Photometry
run_select Select
Initial Setup
IMAGE_STACK_FILE_NAME Image Stack File
OUTPUT_DIR Output Directory
verbose N/A**
Optional Input & Mask Files (within Initial Setup)
SIGMALIST_FILE_NAME Sigma List File
DCE_STATUS_MASK_LIST DCE Status Mask List
DCE_Status_Mask_Fatal_BitPattern Fatal Mask Bit Pattern
RMASK_LIST Rmask List File
RMask_Fatal_BitPattern Fatal Mask Bit Pattern
PMASK_FILE_NAME Pmask FITS File
PMask_Fatal_BitPattern Fatal Mask Bit Pattern
FIF_FILE_NAME FIF file
APEX User List multiframe Settings
INPUT_USER_LIST User Input Fixed Positions Table File Name
use_input_list_type Use Input List Type
N/A (MOSAIC_PIXEL_RATIO overrides MOSAIC_PIXEL_SIZE) Pixel by Size
N/A (MOSAIC_PIXEL_RATIO overrides MOSAIC_PIXEL_SIZE) Pixel by Ratio
MOSAIC_PIXEL_SIZE_X Pixel Size X (deg)
MOSAIC_PIXEL_SIZE_Y Pixel Size Y (deg)
MOSAIC_PIXEL_RATIO_X Pixel Ratio X
MOSAIC_PIXEL_RATIO_Y Pixel Ratio Y
N/A (either set PRF_FILE_NAME or PRF_MAP_FILE_NAME) Use PRF File Name
N/A (either set PRF_FILE_NAME or PRF_MAP_FILE_NAME) Use PRF Map File Name
PRF_file_name PRF File Name
PRFMAP_FILE_NAME PRF Map File Name
Mosaic_PRF_file_name Mosaic PRF File Name
PROBABILITY_THRESHOLD Probability Threshold
delete_intermediate_files Delete Intermediate Files
use_background_subtracted_image_for_fitting Use Background Subtracted Image for Fitting
use_background_subtracted_image_for_aperture Use Background Subtracted Image for Aperture
use_data_unc_for_fitted_SNR Use Data Uncertainties for PRF-fitted SNR
create_std_mosaic Create Standard Deviation Mosaic
create_unc_mosaic Create UNC Mosaic
sigma_weighted_coadd Sigma Weighted Coadd
use_refined_pointing Use Refined Pointing
SNESTIMATORIN S/N estimator
Gain Gain in e-/image unit
Read_Noise Read Noise in e-
Confusion_Sigma Confusion Sigma in e-
SIGMA_DIR*** S/N estimator output subdirectory
FIDUCIALIMAGEFRAMEIN Fiducial Image Frame
Edge_Padding Edge Padding
Projection_Type Projection
Coordinate_System Coordinate System
CROTA2 (= A) Use average input orientation
CROTA2 CROTA2
MOSAICINTIN Mosaic Interpolate
INTERP_METHOD Interpret Method
FINERES Fine Res
DRIZ_FAC Drizzle Factor
GRID_RATIO Grid Ratio
ALPHA Alpha
INTERP_DIR*** Mosaic Interpolate output subdirectory
MOSAICCOADDIN Mosaic CoAdder
TILEMAX_X Tile Max X
TILEMAX_Y Tile Max Y
INT_TIME_KWD Fits Integration Time Keyword
USE_INT_TIME_KWD Integration Time Weighted Coadd
COADDER_DIR*** Mosaic Co-Adder output subdirectory
DETECT_MEDFILTER Detect Med Filter
Window_X Window X
Window_Y Window Y
N_Outliers_Per_Window Outlier / Window
Min_Good_Pixels_In_Window Min Good Pixels In Window
Min_GoodNeighbors_Number Min Good Neighbors Number
Sbkg_Filt_Size_for_Med SExtractor background filter size
Use_Sbkg_for_Med Use SExtractor background estimation
Max_Bad_Pixels_OutputImage N/A**
MEDFILTER_DIR*** Med Filter output subdirectory
GAUSSNOISE Gauss Noise
Window_X Window X
Window_Y Window Y
N_Outliers_Per_Window Number of Outliers per Window
Min_Good_Pixels_In_Window Min Good Pixels Per Window
Min_GoodNeighbors_Number Min Good Neighbors Number
Max_BadPixels_OutputImage N/A**
APEXMOSAICCOMBINER Mosaic Combiner
COMBINER_DIR*** Mosaic Combiner output subdirectory
EXTRACT_MEDFILTER Extract Med Filter
Window_X Window X
Window_Y Window Y
N_Outliers_Per_Window Outliers / Window
Min_Good_Pixels_In_Window Min Good Pixels In Window
Min_GoodNeighbors_Number Min Good Neighbors Number
Sbkg_Filt_Size_for_Med SExtractor background filter size
Use_Sbkg_for_Med Use SExtractor background estimation
Max_BadPixels_OutputImage N/A**
DETECTIONMAP Detection Map
N_Edge N Edge
SOURCESTIMATE Source Estimate
InputType Input Type
Fitting_Area_X Fitting Area X
Fitting_Area_Y Fitting Area Y
Max_Number_PS Max Number ps
Chi_Threshold Chi Threshold
N_Edge N Edge
Max_N_Iteration Max N Iteration
Max_N_Success_Iteration max N Success Iteration
MinimizeFtol Minimize Ftol
MinimizeFtolSuccess Minimize Fto Success
DitherPixelFraction Dither Pixel Fraction
DitherFluxFraction Dither Flux Fraction
DeblendDitherPixelFraction DeblendDitherPixelFraction
Background_Fit Background_Fit
Random_Fit Random_Fit
Chi2_Improvement Chi2_Improvement
PRF_ResampleX_Factor PRF ResampleX Factor
PRF_ResampleY_Factor PRF ResampleY Factor
Normalization_Radius Normalization_Radius
Use_Photerr_for_SNR Use Photerr for SNR
Gain_for_SNRGain for SNR (e-/data)
APERTURE Aperture Photoemetry
N_Apertures Number of Apertures
Aperture_Radius_1 Aperture Radius 1
Aperture_Radius_2 Aperture Radius 2
Aperture_Radius_3 Aperture Radius 3
Aperture_Radius_4 Aperture Radius 4
Aperture_Radius_5 Aperture Radius 5
Min_Number_Pixels Min Number Pixels
Annulus_Compute_Type Annulus Compute Type
Inner_Radius Inner Radius
Outer_Radius Outer Radius
Use_Annulus Use Annulus
SELECT Select
select_columns = "srcid, detid, etc" Columns selection
select_conditions = "SNR > 6.0 and dblend ! NO etc" Condition Builder
Note -- (1) All bold-faced names are the modules or the names of parameter blocks in the GUI flow.
Note -- (2) N/A means that these parameters are available on the command line, but are not available from within the GUI, or are set in a different way.
Note -- (3) N/A** means that the parameter is set implicitly in the GUI flow.
*** -- set this parameter near the top of the namelist, not in the parameter block for the module.