simSurvey CATOBJ file

File Format: FITS binary table

Name: defined by ssRealFileNameGet,

Produced by: simSurvey: various methods

Used by: simSurvey: proc genit

Size: could be large.

Archived? kind of

Description

This is a transcription of the "Weinberg Catalog" which describes the true objects we are simulating.

Contents

typedef struct {
	double lambda; #position in survey coordinates (degrees)
	double eta; 
	double redshift; # the redshift
	double pa; 	 # position angle in degrees
	int t; 		 # object type: 0    for star (ignore pa, ax, and re)
	                 #              1    quasar
		         #              2    E
                         #              3    S0
                         #              4    Sa
                         #              5    Sb
                         #              6    Sc
                         #              7    Sd/Irr
			 #              8    white dwarf
			 #              9    white dwarf
	double ax_b;     # bulge axis ratio with 0.1 < ax < 1.0
	double ax_d;     # bulge axis ratio with 0.1 < ax < 1.0
	double reff_b;   # bulge:  half light major axis (in pix)
	double reff_d;   # disk:  (1.678 x scale length)
	double u_p; 	 # the magnitudes for the PSF component
	double g_p; 
	double r_p;
	double i_p; 
	double z_p; 
	double u_b; 	 # the magnitudes for the BULGE component
	double g_b; 
	double r_b;
	double i_b; 
	double z_b; 
	double u_d; 	 # the magnitudes for the DISK component
	double g_d; 
	double r_d;
	double i_d; 
	double z_d; 
	double mu; 	# not required as input; used internally
	double nu
} CATOBJ;