ChangelogΒΆ
Major changes to the pipeline since 2016-10-01 (see Mommert 2017) are documented here.
- 2018-12-02: major overhaul of diagnostic output
- 2018-11-23: implementation of
pp_setup.py, which will eventually replace_pp_conf.py; photometric catalog data used in the photometric calibration can now by output as ascii table and/or into final .db file;pillowhas been replaced byskimage;pandasis now a required Python module - 2017-11-24: implementation of -solar option in
pp_runandpp_calibrateto obtain photometric calibration only from stars with Sun-like colors - 2017-10-20: implementation of
pp_stackedphotometry, providing automated image stacking and subsequent photometry - 2017-10-04: implementation of
pp_combine, which enables automated image combination - 2017-08-29: implementation of Gaia/TGAS as an alternative astrometric catalog for shallow widefield observations
- 2017-06-01: extraction of serendipitously observed targets
(asteroids and variable stars) implemented in
pp_distill - 2017-03-19: if no filtername is provided (
None) or the-instrumentaloption ofpp_calibrateis used,pp_runwill complete all pipeline tasks using these instrumental magnitudes - 2017-03-16: implementation of Pan-STARRS DR1 for the photometric calibration; currently, PP uses a home-built access of MAST at STScI, which is limited to catalog queries with a maximum cone radius of 0.5 deg; please note that this kind of query is rather slow compared to Vizier queries of SDSS or APASS
- 2017-02-24:
pillowis now a required python module; the pipeline now supports default distortion parameters for wide-field cameras - 2017-02-04: catalog.data is now an astropy.table, catalog downloads using astroquery.vizier (no effect to the user), pp now supports Gaia DR1 (CMC, USNOB1, and PPMX have been removed)