bandpass definitions, demonstrations, etc. #929
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As discussed in #923, there are a few issues related to our bandpass definitions:
The zeropoints are bandpass zeropoints (mag of object producing 1 count/sec/cm^2 through that bandpass), while many astronomers are used to instrumental bandpass zeropoints (mag of object producing 1 count/sec in that instrument for that bandpass). Overloading terminology can lead to confusion. We should think about whether we want any changes.
Quoting @jmeyers314 : "We could definitely use a more extensive demo for setting SED fluxes/magnitudes/flux-densities, Bandpass zeropoints, using the drawImage area and exptime kwargs, and using the RealGalaxy and ChromaticRealGalaxy
area_norm
kwarg." Some of the demo12 documentation may even be slightly wrong after our latest updates to how chromatic images are normalized.The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: