From 6677298ef3accca73fdfe8b44ac8766b0897e8c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Sullivan Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2026 14:08:38 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update description of diffim limiting magnitude --- metricInfo/metricInformation.yaml | 4 +++- python/lsst/analysis/tools/metricInformation.yaml | 4 +++- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/metricInfo/metricInformation.yaml b/metricInfo/metricInformation.yaml index fd78d0625..697fc7956 100644 --- a/metricInfo/metricInformation.yaml +++ b/metricInfo/metricInformation.yaml @@ -263,7 +263,9 @@ diffimLimitingMagnitude: debugGroup: diffim atoolsFile: diffimMetadataMetrics.py description: | - The limiting magnitude of the difference image based on photometric zeropoint and average PSF FWHM + The 5 sigma point-source limiting AB magnitude of the difference image, from the science and + template limits added in quadrature in flux. Each limit uses the median good-pixel variance and + the noise-equivalent area of the PSF. scaleTemplateVarianceFactor: lowThreshold: 0.9 highThreshold: 1.1 diff --git a/python/lsst/analysis/tools/metricInformation.yaml b/python/lsst/analysis/tools/metricInformation.yaml index 5691d257f..63ecf70ca 100644 --- a/python/lsst/analysis/tools/metricInformation.yaml +++ b/python/lsst/analysis/tools/metricInformation.yaml @@ -320,7 +320,9 @@ diffimLimitingMagnitude: debugGroup: diffim atoolsFile: diffimMetadataMetrics.py description: | - The limiting magnitude of the difference image based on photometric zeropoint and average PSF FWHM + The 5 sigma point-source limiting AB magnitude of the difference image, from the science and + template limits added in quadrature in flux. Each limit uses the median good-pixel variance and + the noise-equivalent area of the PSF. scaleTemplateVarianceFactor: lowThreshold: 0.9 highThreshold: 1.1