Useful Summary Notes
Last Updated: Aug09,2016

I have a lot of codes that operate on both cdfp files and the MIDO tables in my image *.info files. Here I demonstrate and briefly describe some useful examples. I can use these as basic tools or templates fro building mido+cdfp+id.


How to compute the mido parameters

Most of my ds9 codes allow the user to build ds9 region files (*.reg) that specify the positions of targets or images areas using circle, box and ellipse markers. To measure these markers I use the routine obj_id_build to make a temporary input file names id.objects from the regions file, then I use the routine mido to compute the image parameters for each ragion. Te paramater values are stored in the *.info file for the input FITS image.

 

Suppose I used the routine wcs_photom_zp to build a region file: 
wcs_photom_zp a.fits 17.0 3.0 0.5 11.5 red 4.0
and the name of the region file is:  XY_Coordinates_1.image.reg
I can get image parameters by: 
obj_id_build.sh  a.fits XY_Coordinates_1.image.reg        # makes id.objects 
mido.sh a.fits        # stores image parameters to a.info file 

First, I need a general way to get to the mido-computed parameters. I have subroutines to do this, but I also have a very general, easy-to-use script named midodata.sh. You can read more details in teh link just given, but a brief example from my NGC3379 studay is shown here:

 
% midodata.sh Rsco2040.fits	
% ls mid*explain
midodata.1_explain  midodata.2_explain	midodata.XY_explain

% cat midodata.1_explain
# Contents of:  midodata.1
Col01 = original marker number   (integer i10) 
Col02 = marker type              (1x,a10) 
Col03 = marker color             (1x,a10) 
Col04 = associated text string   (1x,a30) 

% cat midodata.1
         1 circle     green      {250}                         
         2 circle     green      {256}                         
         3 circle     green      {18}                          
         4 circle     green      {20}                          
         5 circle     green      {1}                           
         6 box        green      {0}                           
         7 box        green      {0}                           
         8 box        green      {0}                           
         9 box        green      {0}                           
        10 box        green      {0}                           
        11 box        green      {0}                           
        12 box        green      {0}                           

% cat midodata.2_explain	
# Contents of:  midodata.2
Col01 = X pixels (aperture X center)                   
Col02 = Y pixels (aperture Y center)                   
Col03 = X center, pixels (intensity weighted centroid) 
Col04 = Y center, pixels (intensity weighted centroid) 
Col05 = magnitude (assuming zp=30)                     
Col06 = Average value per pixel in aperture            
Col07 = Average value per pixel in annulus             
Col08 = number of pixels in aperture                   
Col09 = Peak pixel value (no bkg-sub, image ADU)       
Col10 = marker code (1=circle,2=box,3=ellipse)         

% cat midodata.2 
   964.60   1737.03    963.09   1737.33  19.632   211.266   198.460     1096.0    1806.91   1
   804.84   1774.71    804.23   1774.98  20.005   205.557   199.534     1653.0    1900.65   1
   880.82    190.62    880.11    191.92 -99.000   241.450   284.003     3217.0   13693.42   1
   749.04    296.39    747.60    298.14  15.948   339.988   208.782     3184.0   45414.25   1
  1556.32    241.35   1556.68    241.78  18.671   248.695   208.413      844.0    4659.72   1
  1591.60    301.38   1591.19    300.86  24.324   207.048   206.925     1520.0     249.87   2
  1539.85    455.78   1539.07    454.11 -99.000   207.233   207.538     4539.0     250.50   2
  1806.46    474.14   1802.60    473.60 -99.000   206.723   206.987     7906.0     254.54   2
   425.98   1805.62    424.35   1802.01 -99.000   195.658   198.007    10502.0     256.63   2
   368.33    213.11    364.96    210.25 -99.000   206.765   206.870    14630.0     277.28   2
  1226.64   1493.63   1223.13   1491.60 -99.000   203.221   204.174     7623.0     244.55   2
  1595.97   1255.50   1605.39   1250.60 -99.000   206.903   211.479    18612.0    1916.79   2

% cat midodata.XY_explain 
# Contents of:  midodata.XY
Col01 = X center, pixels (intensity weighted centroid) 
Col02 = Y center, pixels (intensity weighted centroid) 

% cat midodata.XY 
   963.09   1737.33   250       
   804.23   1774.98   256       
   880.11    191.92   18        
   747.60    298.14   20        
  1556.68    241.78   1         
  1591.19    300.86   0         
  1539.07    454.11   0         
  1802.60    473.60   0         
   424.35   1802.01   0         
   364.96    210.25   0         
  1223.13   1491.60   0         
  1605.39   1250.60   0         


A good example of getting data from a cdfp file is cdfp_filter.sh. Got many applications, like comparing two magnitudes to compute a zeropoint, we may want to smply pull a single quantity, like a standard magnitude. from a single line in a cdfp file. In a lot of my ds9 routines I plot regions that have names that correspond to the line number in a cdfp file. Hence, a tool that pulls a quantity in a given line number is very useful for lots of things:

 

A sample problem: compare two magnitudes:

% cat midodata.1*
         1 circle     red        {1}                           
         2 circle     red        {2}                           
         3 circle     red        {3}                           
         4 circle     red        {5}                           
         5 circle     red        {9}                           
# Contents of:  midodata.1
Col01 = original marker number   (integer i10) 
Col02 = marker type              (1x,a10) 
Col03 = marker color             (1x,a10) 
Col04 = associated text string   (1x,a30) 

% cat midodata.2*        
   594.92    268.68    593.30    269.14  15.511  2955.787  2049.344      689.0    7842.00   1
   598.67    523.96    597.67    523.33  18.394  2112.304  2048.690      690.0    2487.00   1
   416.90    560.55    417.93    561.04  18.042  2235.265  2147.282      690.0    2752.00   1
   223.78    626.89    224.96    627.21  17.017  2335.446  2109.023      689.0    3620.00   1
   141.31    579.95    141.76    581.82  18.220  2143.914  2069.161      689.0    2741.00   1
# Contents of:  midodata.2
Col01 = X pixels (aperture X center)                   
Col02 = Y pixels (aperture Y center)                   
Col03 = X center, pixels (intensity weighted centroid) 
Col04 = Y center, pixels (intensity weighted centroid) 
Col05 = magnitude (assuming zp=30)                     
Col06 = Average value per pixel in aperture            
Col07 = Average value per pixel in annulus             
Col08 = number of pixels in aperture                   
Col09 = Peak pixel value (no bkg-sub, image ADU)       
Col10 = marker code (1=circle,2=box,3=ellipse)         

I want to compute the the zeropint using star=9:
MAG30 = 18.220

To get the value from line 9 of my file = usno_TARGETS.cdfp

% cdfp_getline.sh usno_TARGETS.cdfp V 9
     16.0200

To collect data for ZP calcultaions:
% zp_collect_1 a.fits usno_TARGETS.cdfp V 
% cat just_standard_mags  
     14.0900
     16.8200
     16.2400
     15.4300
     16.0200

Hence, after running zp_collect_1 we have several easy-to-read files that can be used to derive zeropoint extimates:
 

midodata.2  == 
  A lot of photometry for each mido target, but most 
  important we have the instrumental magnitude MagZP30
  recall:      MagZP30 = 30 - 2.5*alog10(f) 
               where f = integrated flux above sky 

just_standard_mags == 
  The standard system magnitudess from the cdfp catalog. The 
  type of magnitiude is determined by the name requested when 
  you ran zp_collect_1 (arg3) 

just_names == 
  The target names in the last ds9 display of your field. These 
  are usally line numbers referring to position in the cdfp file. 
  You can have text names or blanks, but they will not be recognized 
  by zp_collect_1 when pulling out standard magnitudes. 
 
Hence, at this stage yoy are ready to run a pretty simple code for collecting zp values and deriving a mean value. To date, that simple OTW code is now called "zpmeancal.sh ".

Most of the above staeps are combined in the routine wcs_photom_zp.




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