# This describes the currently available catalog definition entries # available and the format. # Comments begining with '#' are ignored. # Order of lines determines order in catalog. # Case is ignored though labels in catalog will be as given in file. ACE_NAME [OPTIONAL USER NAME FOR CATALOG] # There are a few functions currently available. MAG(ACE_NAME) APFLUX(radius_in_pixels) MAG(APFLUX(radius_in_pixels)) # Basic quantities. NUM Object number PNUM Parent number (0 if original detection) NPIX Number of pixels NDETECT Number of detected pixels (before growing) FLAGS Flags (currently on M for multiple object) # Fluxes FLUX Isophotal flux FRACFLUX Apportioned flux (TOTMAG) APFLUX(radius) Aperture fluxes (radius in pixels) SKY Mean sky PEAK Peak pixel value above sky ISIGAVG Average (I - sky) / sig ISIGMAX Maximum (I - sky) / sig # Positions WX X world coordinate (requires WCS in header) WY Y world coordinate (requires WCS in header) X1 X centroid (pixels) Y1 Y centroid (pixels) XAP X aperture coordinate (centroid initially then not changed) YAP Y aperture coordinate (centroid initially then not changed) XMIN Minimum X (pixels) XMAX Maxium X (pixels) YMIN Minimum Y (pixels) YMAX Maxium Y (pixels) # Miscellaneous SIG Mean sky sigma FRAC Apportioned fraction X2 X 2nd moment (pixels) Y2 Y 2nd moment (pixels) XY X 2nd cross moment (pixels) # Derived quantities. A Semimajor axis B Semiminor axis THETA Position angle (degrees) ELONG Elongation = A/B ELLIP Ellipticity = 1 - B/A R Second moment radius (pixels) CXX Second moment ellipse (pixels) CYY Second moment ellipse (pixels) CXY Second moment ellipse (pixels) # Error estimates. FLUXERR Error in flux XERR Error in X centroid (pixels) YERR Error in Y centroid (pixels) AERR Error in A BERR Error in B THETAERR Error in THETA (degrees) CXXERR Error in CXX (pixels) CYYERR Error in CYY (pixels) CXYERR Error in CXY (pixels)