Changeset 17043

Timestamp:

Mar 18, 2008, 8:48:28 AM (18 years ago)

Author:

eugene

Message:

add notes on errors

File:

• trunk/Ohana/src/relastro/doc/notes.txt (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/Ohana/src/relastro/doc/notes.txt

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+2008.03.01
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+  relastro (and relphot for that matter) needs to have a somewhat
+  flexible error model for the detections.  Some data have an accurate
+  astrometric error; some have a reported error, but it is either
+  insufficient (eg, only from poisson error), or inaccurate.  A
+  complete error model would be something like this:
+
+  dR_total^2 =  dR_sys^2 + AS * dR_obs^2 + MS * dM_obs^2
+
+  dR_sys : systematicAstrometryError
+  AS     : astrometryErrorScale
+  MS     : astrometryErrorMagScale
 
 2007.11.12