SN_SEARCH keywords

SN_SEARCH Keywords

The following is a list of keywords added to the .cand file.

DR, DC - the shift in rows and columns of the target image from the reference images.

GALBOX - the location of the galaxy (determined by eye) the pixel locations of the sr, sc, nr, nc are printed.

MAGDIFF - the magnitude difference between the target and reference image uncompensated for any exposure time difference. If it is negative the target image is fainter than the reference.

MAGDIFF2 - the magnitude difference between the target determined by the correlation method if one star is found.

MAGDIFF3 - the magnitude difference between the target and the reference compensated for the exposure time difference (if any).

NMATCH - the number of stars that are in the same relative relationship. If the number is greater than 1, it was set by sn_fidmatch.

MFWHM - the mean fwhm in pixels of the fiducials

MNSTAR - the number of fiducial stars detected in the target.

MSKY - the mean sky value of the target determined from four boxes at the corners of the image.

MSKYSIG - the rms fluctuation of the four sky values used for MSKY giving an idea of the sky gradient.

MAG_CAND - the instrumental photometry of candidate all photometry is done with a 8 pixel radius.

NEWBOX - the galaxy box (see GALBOX) in pixel coordinates on the target image. If nr and nc are different then not all the galaxy has been observed.

SKY_CAND - sky value from photometry of candidate.

FWHM_CAND - the fwhm of the candidate

REJMAG - the magnitude difference between stars in the reference image and the same position in the difference image.


Last Updated 2/29/97 - RRT