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MOPEX User's Guide - IRSA

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8.9.3 Aperture Uncertainties<br />

<strong>MOPEX</strong> User’s <strong>Guide</strong><br />

Aperture uncertainties are calculated in the Aperture module. It uses the data uncertainties (or<br />

"ga in-estimated" ones, if enabled). The aperture flux uncertainty is a sum over the aperture area:<br />

σ 2 = (σ(i) 2 ∑ )<br />

Equation 8.31<br />

The sum takes into account fractional pixels. If any have bad uncertainties, ap_unc is set to -9.99.<br />

Uncertainty in the background subtraction is not included.<br />

The results are written out in the aperture.tbl and extract_raw.tbl as "ap_unc1", "ap_unc2", etc.<br />

The APEX module, Select, can select on them when creating the final extract.tbl.<br />

Uncertainties will only be calculated if the uncertainty file is found, and is the right size. If not<br />

found, or not the right size, Aperture Photometry will proceed but set the aperture uncertainties to<br />

-9.99.<br />

It is possible to run Aperture Photometry by itself on an extract list, but if the extract list already<br />

contains aperture columns, then Aperture Photometry will append new columns.<br />

8.10 The User List Input Table<br />

When running APEX User List and APEX User List Single Frame, the user is required to enter a<br />

table listing the point sources that APEX should extract. This replaces the running of the Detect<br />

module. For more information on APEX User List, see Chapter 6. This table is given in the<br />

APEX User List Settings module as User Input Fixed Positions Table File Name, or in the<br />

command-line namelist as INPUT_USER_LIST.<br />

There are several ways to create this table:<br />

1. Provide a text file with a list of RA and Dec coordinates, with exactly the following<br />

format:<br />

|RA |Dec |<br />

|double |double |<br />

274.072341 -2.544706<br />

274.072895 -2.531989<br />

Basic Concepts in <strong>MOPEX</strong> 219<br />

The User List Input Table

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