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diff --git a/noao/digiphot/daophot/doc/psf.hlp b/noao/digiphot/daophot/doc/psf.hlp new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5613a8b2 --- /dev/null +++ b/noao/digiphot/daophot/doc/psf.hlp @@ -0,0 +1,752 @@ +.help psf May00 noao.digiphot.daophot +.ih +NAME +psf -- build the point spread function for an image +.ih +USAGE +psf image photfile pstfile psfimage opstfile groupfile +.ih +PARAMETERS +.ls image +The images for which the PSF model is to be built. +.le +.ls photfile +The list of input photometry files. The number of photometry files must +be equal to the number of input images. If photfile is "default", "dir$default", +or a directory specification PSF searches for a file called dir$image.mag.# +where # is the highest available version number for the file. Photfile is +normally the output of the PHOT task but may also be the output of the PSF, +PEAK, NSTAR and ALLSTAR tasks. Photfile may be an APPHOT/DAOPHOT text database +or an STSDAS binary table. +.le +.ls pstfile +The list of input psf star photometry files. The ids of the psf stars in these +files must be the same as their ids in \fIphotfile\fR. The number of psf +star files must be zero or equal to the number of input images. If pstfile +is "default", "dir$default" or a directory specification, PSF searches for +a file called image.pst.? where ? is the highest existing version number. +Pstfile is usually the output of the DAOPHOT PSTSELECT task but may also be +the appropriately edited output psf file produced by PSF itself, or the output +of the GROUP, NSTAR, PEAK or ALLSTAR tasks. Photfile may be an APPHOT/DAOPHOT +text database or an STSDAS table. +.le +.ls psfimage +The output PSF model image names or directory. The must be one PSF image name +for every input image. If psfimage is "default", "dir$default", or a directory +specification, then PSF creates an image called image.psf.? where ? is the next +available version number. +.le +.ls opstfile +The output psf star files containing lists of the stars actually used to +compute the PSF model. There must be one output psf star file for every input +image. If opstfile is "default", "dir$default", or a directory specification +then PSF creates a file called image.pst.? where ? is the next available +version number. If the DAOPHOT package parameter \fItext\fR is "yes" then an +APPHOT/DAOPHOT text database is written, otherwise an STSDAS binary table is +written. +.le +.ls groupfile +The output psf star group files listing the PSF stars and their neighbors that +were used to create the PSF models. There must be one output group file for +every input image. If groupfile is "default", "dir$default", or a directory +specification then PSF creates a file called image.psg.? where ? is the +next available version number. If the DAOPHOT package parameter \fItext\fR is +"yes" then an APPHOT/DAOPHOT text database is written, otherwise an STSDAS +table database is written. +.le +.ls plotfile = "" +The name of the output file containing mesh, contour, or profile plots of the +selected PSF stars. If plotfile is undefined no plot file is created, +otherwise a mesh, contour, or profile plot is written to this file for each PSF +star selected. Plotfile is opened in append mode and may become very large. +.le +.ls datapars = "" +The name of the file containing the data dependent parameters. The parameters +\fIscale\fR, \fIdatamin\fR, and \fIdatamax\fR are located here. If datapars +is undefined then the default parameter set in uparm directory is used. +.le +.ls daopars = "" +The name of the file containing the daophot fitting parameters. The parameters +\fIpsfrad\fR and \fIfitrad\fR are located here. If \fIdaopars\fR is undefined +then the default parameter set in uparm directory is used. +.le +.ls matchbyid = yes +Match the stars in the psf star list(s) if any to the stars in the input +photometry files using id numbers (matchbyid = yes) or x and y positions +(matchbyid = no). +.le +.ls interactive = yes +Fit the PSF interactively ? If interactive = yes and \fIicommands\fR is +undefined, PSF reads selects the initial list of PSF stars from \fIpstfile\fR +and waits for commands from the user. If interactive = no and \fIicommands\fR +is undefined, PSF reads in the candidate PSF stars from \fIpstfile\fR, computes + the PSF, and writes it to \fIpsfimage\fR without input from the user. If +\fIicommands\fR is defined, then interactive = no, and commands are read from +the image cursor command file. +.le +.ls mkstars = no +Mark the selected or deleted psf stars on the image display ? +.le +.ls showplots = yes +Show plots of the selected PSF stars? After each star is selected +interactively by the user, a mesh, contour, or profile plot of the data +subraster around the candidate star is displayed. At this point the user +can accept or reject the star. In interactive mode the user can set showplots +to "yes" or "no". In non-interactive mode showplots is always "no". +.le +.ls plottype = "mesh" +The default type of plot displayed when selecting PSF stars. The choices +are "mesh", "contour", or "radial". +.le +.ls icommands = "" +The image display cursor or the name of the image cursor command file. +.le +.ls gcommands = "" +The graphics cursor or the name of the graphics cursor command file. +.le +.ls wcsin = ")_.wcsin", wcsout = ")_.wcsout" +The coordinate system of the input coordinates read from \fIphotfile\fR and +\fIpstfile\fR, and of the output coordinates written to \fIpsfimage\fR, +\fIopstfile\fR, \fIgroupfile\fR respectively. The image header coordinate +system is used to transform from the input coordinate system to the "logical" +pixel coordinate system used internally, and from the internal "logical" pixel +coordinate system to the output coordinate system. The input coordinate system +options are "logical", tv", "physical", and "world". The output coordinate +system options are "logical", "tv", and "physical". The image cursor coordinate +system is assumed to be the "tv" system. +.ls logical +Logical coordinates are pixel coordinates relative to the current image. +The logical coordinate system is the coordinate system used by the image +input/output routines to access the image data on disk. In the logical +coordinate system the coordinates of the first pixel of a 2D image, e.g. +dev$ypix and a 2D image section, e.g. dev$ypix[200:300,200:300] are +always (1,1). +.le +.ls tv +Tv coordinates are the pixel coordinates used by the display servers. Tv +coordinates include the effects of any input image section, but do not +include the effects of previous linear transformations. If the input +image name does not include an image section, then tv coordinates are +identical to logical coordinates. If the input image name does include a +section, and the input image has not been linearly transformed or copied from +a parent image, tv coordinates are identical to physical coordinates. +In the tv coordinate system the coordinates of the first pixel of a +2D image, e.g. dev$ypix and a 2D image section, e.g. dev$ypix[200:300,200:300] +are (1,1) and (200,200) respectively. +.le +.ls physical +Physical coordinates are pixel coordinates invariant with respect to linear +transformations of the physical image data. For example, if the current image +was created by extracting a section of another image, the physical +coordinates of an object in the current image will be equal to the physical +coordinates of the same object in the parent image, although the logical +coordinates will be different. In the physical coordinate system the +coordinates of the first pixel of a 2D image, e.g. dev$ypix and a 2D +image section, e.g. dev$ypix[200:300,200:300] are (1,1) and (200,200) +respectively. +.le +.ls world +World coordinates are image coordinates in any units which are invariant +with respect to linear transformations of the physical image data. For +example, the ra and dec of an object will always be the same no matter +how the image is linearly transformed. The units of input world coordinates +must be the same as those expected by the image header wcs, e. g. +degrees and degrees for celestial coordinate systems. +.le +The wcsin and wcsout parameters default to the values of the package +parameters of the same name. The default values of the package parameters +wcsin and wcsout are "logical" and "logical" respectively. +.le +.ls cache = ")_.cache" +Cache the image pixels in memory. Cache may be set to the value of the apphot +package parameter (the default), "yes", or "no". By default caching is +disabled. +.le +.ls verify = ")_.verify" +Verify the critical PSF task parameters? Verify can be set to the DAOPHOT +package parameter value (the default), "yes", or "no". +.le +.ls update = ")_.update" +Update the PSF task parameters if \fIverify\fR is "yes"? Update can be +set to the default daophot package parameter value, "yes", or "no". +.le +.ls verbose = ")_.verbose" +Print messages about the progress of the task ? Verbose can be set to the +DAOPHOT package parameter value (the default), "yes", or "no". +.le +.ls graphics = ")_.graphics" +The default graphics device. Graphics can be set to the default DAOPHOT package +parameter value, "yes", or "no". +.le +.ls display = ")_.display" +The default image display device. Display can be set to the DAOPHOT +package parameter value (the default), "yes", or "no". By default graphics +overlay is disabled. Setting display to one of "imdr", "imdg", "imdb", or +"imdy" enables graphics overlay with the IMD graphics kernel. +.le + +.ih +DESCRIPTION + +The PSF task builds the point spread function for the IRAF image \fIimage\fR +using stars selected, from the input photometry file \fIphotfile\fR with the +image cursor, and/or by their ids stored in the psf star file \fIpstfile\fR, +and writes the PSF model out to the IRAF image \fIpsfimage\fR, the final +PSF star list to \fIopstfile\fR, and group membership information for the +selected PSF stars to \fIgroupfile\fR. If the DAOPHOT package parameter +\fItext\fR is "yes", then \fIgroupfile\fR is an APPHOT/DAOPHOT text database, +otherwise it is an STSDAS binary table. + +The coordinates read from \fIphotfile\fR and \fIpstfile\fR are assumed to be +in coordinate system defined by \fIwcsin\fR. The options are "logical", "tv", +"physical", and "world" and the transformation from the input coordinate +system to the internal "logical" system is defined by the image coordinate +system. The simplest default is the "logical" pixel system. Users working on +with image sections but importing pixel coordinate lists generated from the +parent image must use the "tv" or "physical" input coordinate systems. + +The coordinates written to \fIpsfimage\fR, \fIpstfile\fR and \fIgroupfile\fR +are in the coordinate system defined by \fIwcsout\fR with the exception +of the psf model center coordinates PSFX and PSFY which are always in the +logical system of the input image. The options are "logical", "tv", and +"physical". The simplest default is the "logical" system. Users wishing to +correlate the output coordinates of objects measured in image sections or +mosaic pieces with coordinates in the parent image must use the "tv" +or "physical" coordinate systems. + +Suitable PSF stars are normally selected interactively using the image display +and image cursor and matched with the stars in \fIphotfile\fR using the cursor +position and a tolerance specified by the \fImatchrad\fR parameter in the +DAOPARS task. A star must be in the photometry file before it can be used as +a PSF star. If a match is found, PSF checks that the candidate star is not too +close to the edge of the image and that it contains no bad pixels as defined +by \fIdatamin\fR and \fIdatamax\fR in the DATAPARS task. After selection a +mesh, contour, or profile plot of the data subraster around the candidate star +is displayed in the graphics window, PSF enters graphics cursor command mode +and the user is given the option to accept or reject the star. If the user +accepts the star it is added to the PSF star list. Commands in the graphics +cursor menu permit the user to manipulate the floor and ceiling levels of the +contour plot and the viewing angles for the mesh plot interactively. + +Users who know which stars they wish to use as PSF stars ahead of time or +who are without access to an image display can also select PSF stars by id +number, after which mesh, contour, or radial profile plots will be displayed in +the graphics window in the usual way. + +If the user does not wish to see any plots of the PSF stars or interact with +the fitting process, the image cursor may be redirected to a text +file containing cursor commands \fIicommands\fR which specify the PSF stars +to be used in the fit. If \fIplotfile\fR is defined contour, mesh, or profile +plots of the selected psf stars can be saved in a metacode plot file for later +examination. + +In interactive mode the PSF star may be initialized by setting \fIpstfile\fR +to a file created by the PSTSELECT task. If \fIshowplot\fR = "yes" the user is +asked to accept or delete each star in the input psf star list. Other stars +may also be added or deleted from this list at any time with the image cursor. +If \fIinteractive\fR=no or \fIicommands\fR is defined, the PSF stars are read +in from \fIpstfile\fR, and the PSF model is computed and saved without +input from the user. + +If \fIcache\fR is yes and the host machine physical memory and working set size +are large enough, the input image pixels are cached in memory. If caching +is enabled and PSF is run interactively the first data access will appear +to take a long time as the entire image must be read in before the data +is actually read. All subsequent measurements will be very fast because PSF +is accessing memory not disk. The point of caching is to speed up random +image access by making the internal image i/o buffers the same size as the +image itself. However if the input object lists are sorted in row order and +sparse caching may actually worsen not improve the execution time. Also at +present there is no point in enabling caching for images that are less than +or equal to 524288 bytes, i.e. the size of the test image dev$ypix, as the +default image i/o buffer is exactly that size. However if the size of dev$ypix +is doubled by converting it to a real image with the chpixtype task then the +effect of caching in interactive is can be quite noticeable if measurements +of objects in the top and bottom halves of the image are alternated. + +The output PSF image \fIpsfimage\fR is normally a 2D image containing the +image header parameters, "XPSF", "YPSF", "PSFMAG" and "PSFRAD" which define the +centroid, magnitude and size of the PSF model, the parameters "FUNCTION", +"PSFHEIGH", "NPARS", and "PAR#" which define the analytic component of the PSF, +and a single look-up table of residuals from the analytic fit subsampled by a +factor of 2 with respect to the parent image. + +If the DAOPARS parameter \fIvarorder\fR = -1, the PSF is fit by the analytic +function and \fIpsfimage\fR has no pixel file. + +If the DAOPARS parameter \fIvarorder\fR = 1 or 2, then two or five additional +lookup tables are computed and \fIpsfimage\fR is a 3D image with 3 or 6 planes +respectively. The first two additional look-up tables contain the first +derivatives of the PSF wrt the x and y positions in the image (varorder = 1), +and the next three contains the second derivatives with respect to x ** 2, xy, +and y ** 2 (varorder = 2). + +The positions and magnitudes of each of the stars contributing to the PSF model +are also stored in the PSF image header. + +\fIGroupfile\fR contains a list of the PSF stars, their nearest neighbors, and +friends of the neighbors. A neighbor is defined to be any star within a +distance of 1.5 * \fIpsfrad\fR / \fIscale\fR + 2.0 * \fIfitrad\fR / +\fIscale\fR + 1 pixels of the PSF star. Friends of the neighbors are defined +to be any stars within 2.0 * \fIfitrad\fR / \fIscale\fR + 1.0 of a neighbor +star. \fIFitrad\fR and \fIpsfrad\fR are respectively the fitting radius and psf +radius parameters in the DAOPARS task. \fIScale\fR is the scale factor defined +in the DATAPARS task. + +.ih +CURSOR COMMANDS + +The following cursor commands are available once the image cursor has +been activated. + +.nf + Keystroke Commands + +? Print help +p Print photometry for star nearest the cursor +l List the current psf stars +a Add star nearest cursor to psf star list +f Fit the psf +r Review the fit for all the psf stars +s Subtract fitted psf from psf star nearest cursor +d Delete psf star nearest cursor from psf star list +w Write the psf to the psf image +z Rebuild the psf from scratch +q Quit task + + Colon Commands + +:p [n] Print photometry for star n +:a [n] Add star n to psf star list +:d [n] Delete star n from psf star list +:s [n] Subtract fitted psf from psf star n + + Colon Parameter Editing Commands + +# Data dependent parameters which affect the psf computation + +:scale [value] Show/set the image scale (units / pixel) +:fwhmpsf [value] Show/set the fwhm of psf (scale units) +:datamin [value] Show/set the minimum good data value (counts) +:datamax [value] Show/set the maximum good data value (counts) +:matchrad [value] Show/set matching radius (scale units) + +# Psf computation parameters + +:psfimage [name,name] Show/set the psf image and groupfile +:function [string] Show/set the analytic psf function +:varorder [integer] Show/set order of psf function variability +:nclean [integer] Show/set number of cleaning iterations +:saturated [y/n] Show/set the use saturated star flag +:psfrad [value] Show/set the psf radius (scale units) +:fitrad [value] Show/set the fitting radius (scale units) + + +The following cursor commands are available once a star has been selected +and the graphics cursor has been activated. + + Interactive Graphics Keystroke Commands + +? Print help +p Print the photometry for this star +t Print the plot parameters and data minimum and maximum +a Accept star and proceed +d Reject star and select another with image cursor +m Plot the default mesh plot for this star +n Increase vertical angle by 15 degrees (mesh plot only) +s Decrease vertical angle by 15 degrees (mesh plot only) +w Decrease horizontal angle by 15 degrees (mesh plot only) +e Increase horizontal angle by 15 degrees (mesh plot only) +c Plot the default contour plot for this star +r Plot the radial profile for this star + + + Colon Graphics Commands + +:m [val] [val] Set the mesh plot vertical and horizontal viewing angles +:v [val] Set the mesh plot vertical viewing angle +:h [val] Set the mesh plot horizontal viewing angle +:c [val] [val] Set the contour plot floor and ceiling levels +:l [value] Set the contour plot floor level +:u [value] Set the contour plot ceiling level +.fi + +.ih +ALGORITHMS +The PSF is determined from the actual observed brightness values as a function +of x and y +for one or more stars in the frame and stored as a two-component model. +The first component is an analytic function which approximates +the light distribution in the cores of the PSF stars. There are +currently 6 choices for the analytic component of the model: +"gauss", "moffat15", "moffat25", "lorentz", "penny1", and "penny2". +The parameters of the analytic component of the psf model are stored +in the psf image header parameters "FUNCTION", "PSFHEIGH", "NPARS", +and "PARN". The magnitude, size, and centroid of the PSF are stored +in the image header parameters "PSFMAG", "PSFRAD", +"XPSF", "and "YPSF". If \fImatchbyid\fR is "no" or there is no input psf star list "PSFMAG" is +set to the magnitude of the first PSF star in the input photometry file. If \fImatchbyid\fR +is "yes", and there is an input psf star list "PSFMAG" is set to the magnitude of the first psf star +in the psf star list. "XPSF" and "YPSF" are the center of the image. +If \fIvarorder\fR >= 0, +the residuals from this fit are stored as a lookup +table with twice the sampling interval of the original image. +This lookup table is used as additive corrections from the integrated +analytic function to actual observed empirical PSF. +The parameters of the analytic function are computed by fitting +all the stars weighted by their signal-to-noise. +so that the signal-to-noise ratio in +the PSF does not deteriorate as fainter stars are added in. The more +crowded the field the more PSF stars are required to lower the noise +generated by neighbor subtraction. + +If the \fIvarorder\fR parameter in the DAOPARS task is set to 1 or 2, two +or five additional lookup +tables containing the first derivatives of the PSF in x and y +and the second order derivatives of the image with respect to +x ** 2, x * y, and y ** 2 are also written. +This model +permits the PSF fitting process to take account of smooth linear +or quadratic changes in the PSF across the frame caused for example by a tilt in +the detector with respect to the optical axis or low order optical +aberrations. +Users of this option should ensure that the PSF varies in a systematic +way across the frame and that the chosen PSF stars span the entire +region of interest in the frame. To avoid mistaking +neighbor stars for variations in the PSF it is recommended that the +first few iterations of PSF be run with a constant PSF. Only after +neighbor stars have been subtracted reasonably cleanly should +the variable PSF option be enabled. + +The brightness of any hypothetical pixel at any arbitrary point within +the PSF is computed as follows. The analytic function +is integrated over the area of the pixel, a correction is determined +by bicubic interpolation within the lookup table and added to the +integral. Since the values in the table of residuals differ by smaller +amounts between adjacent grid points than the original brightness data +would have, the errors in the interpolation are much less than they would +have been if one had tried to interpolate directly within the original +data. + +.ih +GUIDE TO COMPUTING A PSF IN A CROWDED FIELD + +The following is a rough guide to the methodology of computing the +PSF in a crowded field. The procedure outlined below assumes +that the user can either make use of the IRAF display facilities or +has access to a local display program. At a minimum the display program +should be able to display an image, read back the coordinates of objects in the +image, and mark objects in the image. + +The crowded field PSF fitting procedure makes use of many of the +DAOPHOT tasks. Details on the setup and operation of each task can be found +in the appropriate manual pages. + +.ls [1] +RUN THE DAOFIND and PHOT TASKS ON THE IMAGE OF INTEREST. +.le +.ls [2] +EXAMINE THE IMAGE. Load the image on the display with the IRAF display task. +Using the display itself, the DAOEDIT task, or the IRAF IMEXAMINE task, estimate the radius +at which +the stellar light distribution disappears into the noise for the +brightest candidate PSF star. Call this parameter \fIpsfrad\fR and record it. +Mark the objects detected by DAOFIND with dots on the image display using the +IRAF TVMARK +task. Users at sites with display devices not currently supported by +IRAF should substitute their local versions of DISPLAY and TVMARK. +.le +.ls [3] +SELECT CANDIDATE PSF STARS. +Good PSF stars should have no neighbors +within the fitting radius stored in the DAOPARS task parameter \fIfitrad\fR. +In addition all stars within 1.5 times the psf radius, +(stored in the DAOPARS task parameter +\fIpsfrad\fR), should be significantly fainter than the candidate star. +There should be no bad columns, bad rows or blemishes +near the candidate star. A sufficient number of stars should be +selected in order to reduce the increased noise resulting from the +neighbor subtraction process. Users of the variable PSF option should +take care that the list of PSF stars span the area of interest on the +image. Twenty-five to thirty stars is not unreasonable in this case. + +The task PSTSELECT can be used to preselect candidate PSF stars. +These candidate PSF stars can be marked on the image display using the +PDUMP, and TVMARK tasks. Be sure to mark the PSF stars in another +color from the stars found by DAOFIND. Stars can be added to or +subtracted from this list interactively when PSF is run. +.le +.ls [4] +EXAMINE THE PSF STARS FOR NEIGHBORS MISSED BY DAOFIND AND ADD THESE TO +THE PHOT FILE. +Examine the vicinity of the PSF stars on the display checking for neighbor +stars which do not have dots on them indicating that they were +missed by DAOFIND. +If IRAF supports the local display device simply run PHOT interactively +selecting the missing stars with the image cursor. +Be sure to use the same set of PHOT parameters used in step [1] with +the exception of the CENTERPARS +task parameter \fIcalgorithm\fR which should be temporarily set to "centroid". +If IRAF does not support the +local display generate a list of the approximate coordinates of the +missing stars. +Run PHOT in batch mode with this coordinate list as input and with the +parameters set as described above. +Create a new PHOT file by using PCONCAT to add the new PHOT output to the +PHOT output from [1] and renumber using PRENUMBER. Do not resort. +.le +.ls [5] +ESTIMATE OF THE PSF. +Run PSF using the combined PHOT output from [4] and +the list of candidate stars from [3]. +Write out the PSF image (extension .psf.#) and the psf group file +(extension .psg.#). The PSF image is the current estimate of the PSF. +.le +.ls [6] +FIT ALL THE STARS IN EACH PSF STAR GROUP IN THE ORIGINAL IMAGE. +Run NSTAR on the image using the output group file (extension .psg.#) +of [5] as the input photometry list. To help prevent the bumps in the initial +PSF from interfering with the profile fits in NSTAR, it may +be necessary to temporarily set the psf radius, +\fIpsfrad\fR in the DAOPARS task, +to about one pixel greater than the separation of the nearest neighbor +to a PSF star. +The fitting radius, \fIfitrad\fR in the +DAOPARS task, should be sufficiently large to include enough +pixels for a good fit but not so large as to include any neighbors +inside the fitting radius. +.le +.ls [7] +SUBTRACT ALL THE FITTED STARS FROM THE ORIGINAL IMAGE. +Run SUBSTAR to subtract the NSTAR results from the original image. +Use the IRAF DISPLAY task or the local display program to display +the subtracted image. If you decreased the value of \fIpsfrad\fR +in [6] use this smaller value when you subtract as well. +.le +.ls [8] +CHECK FOR PREVIOUSLY INVISIBLE FAINT COMPANIONS. +Check to see whether the PSF stars and neighbors subtracted +cleanly or whether there are faint companions that were not previously +visible before. +.le +.ls [9] +APPEND THESE COMPANIONS TO THE PHOT FILE. +Run PHOT on the faint companions in the subtracted image +and append the results to the PHOT file created in [4] using PCONCAT. +Renumber the stars using PRENUMBER. +.le +.ls [10] +SUBTRACT ALL THE PSF NEIGHBOR STARS FROM THE ORIGINAL IMAGE. +Edit the nstar output file (extension .nst.#) removing all the PSF stars +from the file. The PSF stars is the first one in each group. In the +near future this will be done with the PEXAMINE task but at the +moment the text editor can be used for text databases and the TTOOLS +package task TEDIT can be used for tables. PSELECT can also be used +to remove stars with specific id numbers. Run SUBSTAR using the edited +nstar output file as input. +.le +.ls [11] +RECOMPUTE THE PSF. +Run PSF on the subtracted image from [10] using the PHOT file from [9] +as the input stellar photometry file. +Temporarily set the minimum good data value, the \fIdatamin\fR parameter +in the DATAPARS task to a large negative number, to avoid the +enhanced noise where the +stars were subtracted from triggering the bad pixel detector in PSF. +A new psf (extension .psf.#) and new psf group file (extension .psg.#) +will be created. Be sure to increase the \fIpsfrad\fR value to the +original large value found in [2]. +.le +.ls [12] +RERUN NSTAR. +Rerun NSTAR on the original image with the newly created group file +(extension .psg.#) as the input stellar photometry file and the newly +computed PSF image (extension .psf.#). +It should not be necessary to reduce the psf radius as in [6] +but the fitting radius should be left at a generous number. +.le +.ls [13] +REPEAT STEPS [7-12] UNTIL THE PSF FIT IS ACCEPTABLE. +If any neighbors are still visible iterate on this process by repeating +steps [7] to [12] until the neighbors completely disappear. The main +point to remember is that each time through the loop the PSF is obtained +from an image in which the neighbors but not the PSF stars have been +subtracted out while NSTAR and SUBSTAR should be run on the original +picture with all the stars still in it. +.le + +.ih +EXAMPLES + +1. Compute the PSF for the image dev$ypix. Select stars using the display and +the image cursor and show plots of the data and the residuals from the fit +for each star. Good stars for making the PSF model can be found at (442,410), +(348,189), and (379,67). + +.nf + da> daofind dev$ypix default fwhmpsf=2.5 sigma=5.0 threshold=20.0 + + ... answer verify prompts + + ... find stars in the image + + ... answer will appear in ypix.coo.1 + + da> phot dev$ypix default default annulus=10. dannulus=5. \ + apertures = 5.0 + + ... answer verify prompts + + ... do aperture photometry on the detected stars + + ... answer will appear in ypix.mag.1 + + da> display dev$ypix 1 + + ... display the image + + da> psf dev$ypix default "" default default default psfrad=9.0 \ + fitrad=3.0 mkstars=yes display=imdr + + ... verify the critical parameters + + ... move the image cursor to a candidate star and hit the a key, + a plot of the stellar data appears + + ... type ? for a listing of the graphics cursor menu + + ... type a to accept the star, d to reject it + + ... move to the next candidate stars and repeat the previous + steps + + ... type l to list all the psf stars + + ... type f to fit the psf + + ... move cursor to first psf star and type s to see residuals, + repeat for all the psf stars + + ... type w to save the PSF model + + ... type q to quit, and q again to confirm + + ... the output will appear in ypix.psf.1.imh, ypix.pst.1 and + ypix.psg.1 +.fi + + +2. Run PSF non-interactively using the photometry file and psf star file +created in the previous example. + +.nf + da> psf dev$ypix default default default default default \ + psfrad=9.0 fitrad=3.0 interactive- plotfile=psf.plots + + ... the output will appear in ypix.psf.2, ypix.psg.2, and + ypix.pst.2 + + da> gkidir psf.plots + + ... list the plots created by psf + + da> gkiextract psf.plots 1 | stdgraph + + ... display the surface plots of the first psf star + + da> seepsf ypix.psf.2 ypixpsf + + ... convert the sampled PSF look-up table to a PSF image +.fi + + +3. Setup and run PSF interactively without using the image display cursor. +Use the photometry file created in example 1. Before running PSF in this +manner the user should have a list of the candidate PSF star ids. + +.nf + da> show stdimcur + + ... store the default value + + da> set stdimcur = text + + ... define the image cursor to be the standard input + + da> epar psf + + ... edit the psf parameters + + ... move to the datapars line and type :e edit the data dependent + parameters, type :q to quit the datapars menu + + ... move to the daopars line and type :e edit the daophot fitting + parameters, type :q to quit the daopars menu + + ... finish editing the psf parameters + + da> psf dev$ypix default "" default default default \ + plottype=radial + + ... verify critical parameters + + ... type :a # where # stands for the id number of the star, + a plot of the stellar data appears + + ... type a to accept the star, d to reject it + + ... repeat for all the PSF stars + + ... type l to list the psf stars + + ... type f to fit the PSF + + ... type :s # where # stands for the id of the psf star, a plot + of the model residuals appears + + ... type w to save the PSF + + ... type q to quit PSF and q again to confirm the quit + + ... the output will appear in ypix.psf.3, ypix.pst.3, ypix.psg.3 + + da> set stdimcur = stdimage + + ... reset the image cursor +.fi + + +4. Run PSF in non-interactive mode using an image cursor command file of +instructions called icmds. + +.nf + da> type icmds + :a 106 + :a 24 + :a 16 + :a 68 + f + w + q + + da> psf dev$ypix default "" default default default \ + icommands=icmds + + ... verify the critical parameters + + ... the PSF will be constructed from stars 106, 24, 16, 68 + in the input photometry file + + ... the output will appear in ypix.psf.4, ypix.pst.4, ypix.psg.4 + +.fi + + +.ih +TIME REQUIREMENTS +.ih +BUGS +.ih +SEE ALSO +datapars,daopars,pstselect,seepsf +.endhelp |