Aperture photometry =================== There are four aperture functions available: ====================== ========================= Function Sums data within... ====================== ========================= `sep_pjw.sum_circle` circle(s) `sep_pjw.sum_circann` circular annulus/annuli `sep_pjw.sum_ellipse` ellipse(s) `sep_pjw.sum_ellipann` elliptical annulus/annuli ====================== ========================= The follow examples demonstrate options for circular aperture photometry. The other functions behave similarly. .. code-block:: python # sum flux in circles of radius=3.0 flux, fluxerr, flag = sep.sum_circle(data, objs['x'], objs['y'], 3.0) # x, y and r can be arrays and obey numpy broadcasting rules. # Here, r is an array instead of a single number: flux, fluxerr, flag = sep.sum_circle(data, objs['x'], objs['y'], 3.0 * np.ones(len(objs))) # use a different subpixel sampling (default is 5; 0 means "exact") flux, fluxerr, flag = sep.sum_circle(data, objs['x'], objs['y'], 3.0, subpix=0) **Error calculation** In the default modes illustrated above, the uncertainty ``fluxerr`` is not calculated and values of 0 are simply returned. The uncertainty can be flexibly and efficiently calculated, depending on the characteristics of your data. The presence of an ``err`` or ``var`` keyword indicates a per-pixel noise, while the presense of a ``gain`` keyword indicates that the Poisson uncertainty on the total sum should be included. Some illustrative examples: .. code-block:: python # Specify a per-pixel "background" error and a gain. This is suitable # when the data have been background subtracted. flux, fluxerr, flag = sep.sum_circle(data, objs['x'], objs['y'], 3.0, err=bkg.globalrms, gain=1.0) # Variance can be passed instead of error, with identical results. flux, fluxerr, flag = sep.sum_circle(data, objs['x'], objs['y'], 3.0, var=bkg.globalrms**2, gain=1.0) # Error or variance can be arrays, indicating that the background error # is variable. bkgrms = bkg.rms() # array, same shape as data flux, fluxerr, flag = sep.sum_circle(data, objs['x'], objs['y'], 3.0, err=bkgrms, gain=1.0) # If your uncertainty array already includes Poisson noise from the object, # leave gain as None (default): flux, fluxerr, flag = sep.sum_circle(data, objs['x'], objs['y'], 3.0, err=error_array) # If your data represent raw counts (it is not background-subtracted), # set only gain to get the poisson error: flux, fluxerr, flag = sep.sum_circle(data, objs['x'], objs['y'], 3.0, gain=1.0) The error is calculated as .. math:: \sigma_F^2 = \sum_i \sigma_i^2 + F/g where the sum is over pixels in the aperture, :math:`\sigma_i` is the noise in each pixel, :math:`F` is the sum in the aperture and :math:`g` is the gain. The last term is not added if ``gain`` is `None`. **Masking** Apply a mask (same shape as data). Pixels where the mask is True are "corrected" to the average value within the aperture. .. code-block:: python flux, fluxerr, flag = sep.sum_circle(data, objs['x'], objs['y'], 3.0, mask=mask) **Local background subtraction** The `~sep_pjw.sum_circle` and `~sep_pjw.sum_ellipse` functions have options for performing local background subtraction. For example, to subtract the background calculated in an annulus between 6 and 8 pixel radius: .. code-block:: python flux, fluxerr, flag = sep_pjw.sum_circle(data, objs['x'], objs['y'], 3.0, mask=mask, bkgann=(6., 8.)) Pixels in the background annulus are not subsampled and any masked pixels in the annulus are completely igored rather than corrected. The inner and outer radii can also be arrays. The error in the background is included in the reported error. Equivalent of FLUX_AUTO (e.g., MAG_AUTO) in Source Extractor ------------------------------------------------------------ This is a two-step process. First we calculate the Kron radius for each object, then we perform elliptical aperture photometry within that radius: .. code-block:: python kronrad, krflag = sep.kron_radius(data, x, y, a, b, theta, 6.0) flux, fluxerr, flag = sep.sum_ellipse(data, x, y, a, b, theta, 2.5*kronrad, subpix=1) flag |= krflag # combine flags into 'flag' This specific example is the equilvalent of setting ``PHOT_AUTOPARAMS 2.5, 0.0`` in Source Extractor (note the 2.5 in the argument to ``sep.sum_ellipse``). The second Source Extractor parameter is a minimum diameter. To replicate Source Extractor behavior for non-zero values of the minimum diameter, one would put in logic to use circular aperture photometry if the Kron radius is too small. For example: .. code-block:: python r_min = 1.75 # minimum diameter = 3.5 use_circle = kronrad * np.sqrt(a * b) < r_min cflux, cfluxerr, cflag = sep.sum_circle(data, x[use_circle], y[use_circle], r_min, subpix=1) flux[use_circle] = cflux fluxerr[use_circle] = cfluxerr flag[use_circle] = cflag Equivalent of FLUX_RADIUS in Source Extractor --------------------------------------------- In Source Extractor, the FLUX_RADIUS parameter gives the radius of a circle enclosing a desired fraction of the total flux. For example, with the setting ``PHOT_FLUXFRAC 0.5``, FLUX_RADIUS will give the radius of a circle containing half the "total flux" of the object. For the definition of "total flux", Source Extractor uses its measurement of FLUX_AUTO, which is taken through an elliptical aperture (see above). Thus, with the setting ``PHOT_FLUXFRAC 1.0``, you would find the circle containing the same flux as whatever ellipse Source Extractor used for ``FLUX_AUTO``. Given a previous calculation of ``flux`` as above, calculate the radius for a flux fraction of 0.5: .. code-block:: python r, flag = sep.flux_radius(data, objs['x'], objs['y'], 6.*objs['a'], 0.5, normflux=flux, subpix=5) And for multiple flux fractions: .. code-block:: python r, flag = sep.flux_radius(data, objs['x'], objs['y'], 6.*objs['a'], [0.5, 0.6], normflux=flux, subpix=5) Equivalent of XWIN_IMAGE, YWIN_IMAGE in Source Extractor -------------------------------------------------------- Source Extractor's XWIN_IMAGE, YWIN_IMAGE parameters can be used for more accurate object centroids than the default X_IMAGE, Y_IMAGE. Here, the ``winpos`` function provides this behavior. To match Source Extractor exactly, the right ``sig`` parameter (giving a description of the effective width) must be used for each object. Source Extractor uses ``2. / 2.35 * (half-light radius)`` where the half-light radius is calculated using ``flux_radius`` with a fraction of 0.5 and a normalizing flux of ``FLUX_AUTO``. The equivalent here is: .. code-block:: python sig = 2. / 2.35 * r # r from sep.flux_radius() above, with fluxfrac = 0.5 xwin, ywin, flag = sep.winpos(data, objs['x'], objs['y'], sig) Segmentation-masked image measurements -------------------------------------- SourceExtractor provides a mechanism for measuring the "AUTO" and "FLUX_RADIUS" parameters for a given object including a mask for neighboring sources. In addition to the mask, setting the SourceExtractor parameter ``MASK_TYPE=CORRECT`` further fills the masked pixels of a given source with "good" pixel values reflected opposite of the masked pixels. The ``SEP`` photometry and measurement functions provide an option for simple masking without reflection or subtracting neighbor flux. For example, using a segmentation array provided by ``sep.extract``, we can compute the masked ``flux_radius`` that could otherwise be artificially large due to flux from nearby sources: .. code-block:: python # list of object id numbers that correspond to the segments seg_id = np.arange(1, len(objs)+1, dtype=np.int32) r, flag = sep.flux_radius(data, objs['x'], objs['y'], 6.*objs['a'], 0.5, seg_id=seg_id, seg=seg, normflux=flux, subpix=5) To enforce that a given measurement **only** includes pixels within a segment, provide negative values in the ``seg_id`` list. Otherwise the mask for a given object will be pixels with ``(seg == 0) | (seg_id == id_i)``. The following functions include the segmentation masking: ``sum_circle``, ``sum_circann``, ``sum_ellipse``, ``sum_ellipann``, ``flux_radius`` , and ``kron_radius`` (``winpos`` **currently does not**). Masking image regions --------------------- Create a boolean array with elliptical regions set to True: .. code-block:: python mask = np.zeros(data.shape, dtype=np.bool) sep.mask_ellipse(mask, objs['x'], objs['y'], obs['a'], objs['b'], objs['theta'], r=3.)