Winter2013ImageDifferenceTask

Python API summary

from lsst.pipe.tasks.imageDifference import Winter2013ImageDifferenceTask
classWinter2013ImageDifferenceTask(**kwargs)

!Image difference Task used in the Winter 2013 data challege. Enables testing the effects of registration shifts and scatter...

attributeconfig

Access configuration fields and retargetable subtasks.

methodrun(exposure=None, selectSources=None, templateExposure=None, templateSources=None, idFactory=None, calexpBackgroundExposure=None, subtractedExposure=None)

PSF matches, subtract two images and perform detection on the difference image...

methodrunDataRef(sensorRef, templateIdList=None)

Subtract an image from a template coadd and measure the result...

See also

See the Winter2013ImageDifferenceTask API reference for complete details.

Retargetable subtasks

astrometer

Default
lsst.meas.astrom.astrometry.AstrometryTask
Field type
ConfigurableField
astrometry task; used to match sources to reference objects, but not to fit a WCS

decorrelate

Default
lsst.ip.diffim.imageDecorrelation.DecorrelateALKernelSpatialTask
Field type
ConfigurableField
Decorrelate effects of A&L kernel convolution on image difference, only if doSubtract is True. If this option is enabled, then detection.thresholdValue should be set to 5.0 (rather than the default of 5.5).

detection

Default
lsst.meas.algorithms.detection.SourceDetectionTask
Field type
ConfigurableField
Low-threshold detection for final measurement

evalLocCalib

Default
lsst.meas.base.evaluateLocalCalibration.EvaluateLocalCalibrationTask
Field type
ConfigurableField
Task to strip calibrations from an exposure and store their local values in the output DiaSource catalog.

forcedMeasurement

Default
lsst.meas.base.forcedMeasurement.ForcedMeasurementTask
Field type
ConfigurableField
Subtask to force photometer PVI at diaSource location.

getTemplate

Default
lsst.ip.diffim.getTemplate.GetCoaddAsTemplateTask
Field type
ConfigurableField
Subtask to retrieve template exposure and sources

measurement

Default
lsst.ip.diffim.dipoleFitTask.DipoleFitTask
Field type
ConfigurableField
Enable updated dipole fitting method

refObjLoader

Default
lsst.meas.algorithms.loadIndexedReferenceObjects.LoadIndexedReferenceObjectsTask
Field type
ConfigurableField
reference object loader

register

Default
lsst.pipe.tasks.registerImage.RegisterTask
Field type
ConfigurableField
Task to enable image-to-image image registration (warping)

scaleVariance

Default
lsst.pipe.tasks.scaleVariance.ScaleVarianceTask
Field type
ConfigurableField
Subtask to rescale the variance of the template to the statistically expected level

sourceSelector

Default
lsst.meas.algorithms.objectSizeStarSelector.ObjectSizeStarSelectorTask
Field type
ConfigurableField
Source selection algorithm

subtract

Default
'al'
Field type
Single-selection RegistryField
Choices
'al'
lsst.ip.diffim.imagePsfMatch.ImagePsfMatchTask
'zogy'
lsst.ip.diffim.zogy.ZogyImagePsfMatchTask
Subtraction Algorithm

Configuration fields

coaddName

Default
'deep'
Field type
str Field
coadd name: typically one of deep, goodSeeing, or dcr

controlRandomSeed

Default
10
Field type
int Field
Random seed for shuffing the control sample

controlStepSize

Default
5
Field type
int Field
What step size (every Nth one) to select a control sample from the kernelSources

convolveTemplate

Default
True
Field type
bool Field
Which image gets convolved (default = template)

diaSourceMatchRadius

Default
0.5
Field type
float Field
Match radius (in arcseconds) for DiaSource to Source association

doAddCalexpBackground

Default
False
Field type
bool Field
Add background to calexp before processing it. Useful as ipDiffim does background matching.

doAddMetrics

Default
True
Field type
bool Field
Add columns to the source table to hold analysis metrics?

doDebugRegister

Default
False
Field type
bool Field
Writing debugging data for doUseRegister

doDecorrelation

Default
False
Field type
bool Field
Perform diffim decorrelation to undo pixel correlation due to A&L kernel convolution? If True, also update the diffim PSF.

doDetection

Default
True
Field type
bool Field
Detect sources?

doDipoleFitting

Default
True
Field type
bool Field
Measure dipoles using new algorithm?

doEvalLocCalibration

Default
True
Field type
bool Field
Store calibration products (local wcs and photoCalib) in the output DiaSource catalog.

doForcedMeasurement

Default
True
Field type
bool Field
Force photometer diaSource locations on PVI?

doMatchSources

Default
True
Field type
bool Field
Match diaSources with input calexp sources and ref catalog sources

doMeasurement

Default
True
Field type
bool Field
Measure diaSources?

doMerge

Default
True
Field type
bool Field
Merge positive and negative diaSources with grow radius set by growFootprint

doPreConvolve

Default
True
Field type
bool Field
Convolve science image by its PSF before PSF-matching?

doScaleTemplateVariance

Default
False
Field type
bool Field
Scale variance of the template before PSF matching

doSelectDcrCatalog

Default
False
Field type
bool Field
Select stars of extreme color as part of the control sample

doSelectSources

Default
True
Field type
bool Field
Select stars to use for kernel fitting

doSelectVariableCatalog

Default
False
Field type
bool Field
Select stars that are variable to be part of the control sample

doSpatiallyVarying

Default
False
Field type
bool Field
If using Zogy or A&L decorrelation, perform these on a grid across the image in order to allow for spatial variations

doSubtract

Default
True
Field type
bool Field
Compute subtracted exposure?

doUseRegister

Default
True
Field type
bool Field
Use image-to-image registration to align template with science image

doWriteMatchedExp

Default
False
Field type
bool Field
Write warped and PSF-matched template coadd exposure?

doWriteSources

Default
True
Field type
bool Field
Write sources?

doWriteSubtractedExp

Default
True
Field type
bool Field
Write difference exposure?

growFootprint

Default
2
Field type
int Field
Grow positive and negative footprints by this amount before merging

kernelSourcesFromRef

Default
False
Field type
bool Field
Select sources to measure kernel from reference catalog if True, template if false

templateSipOrder

Default
2
Field type
int Field
Sip Order for fitting the Template Wcs (default is too high, overfitting)

useGaussianForPreConvolution

Default
True
Field type
bool Field
Use a simple gaussian PSF model for pre-convolution (else use fit PSF)? Ignored if doPreConvolve false.

winter2013WcsRms

Default
0.0
Field type
float Field
Perturb stars going into RegisterTask by this amount

winter2013WcsShift

Default
0.0
Field type
float Field
Shift stars going into RegisterTask by this amount