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Flux conversion

cutana.flux_conversion

Preprocessing function for fits data

apply_flux_conversion(config, img, header)

Applies flux conversion function for fits data

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
config DotMap

Configuration object with flux conversion settings

required
img ndarray

Image data

required
header Header

FITS header

required

Returns:

Type Description
ndarray

numpy.ndarray: Flux-converted image data

Raises:

Type Description
ValueError

If zeropoint keyword is not found in header

convert_mosaic_to_flux(img, AB_zeropoint)

Convert mosaic pixel values to flux using the given zeropoint. For a definition to get the conversion see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AB_magnitude

Parameters:

img : numpy.ndarray Image data AB_zeropoint : float Zeropoint value to convert to AB magnitudes

Returns:

numpy.ndarray Flux values in Jansky