Last Update: 2024.10.27

1. Photometry: photometry

Performs photometry using Source Extractor with following configurations:

• Aperture: Kron radius (MAG_AUTO)
• Sky background size: 32 X 32 $\text{pix}^2$

2. Decider: file_checker

Decides whether to run the pipeline by checking whether

• number of external header files (*.head) match the number of science images (*.fits.fz)
• File containing when the image was taken in units of MJD (JD_*.list) exists
• Reference catalog for KMTN (matched_targets_*.csv) exists
  • if not, file_checker will automatically create one. But manually creating one will give better result
• APASS (apass_dr10_*.csv) and GAIA (gaia_*.csv) catalogues exist
  • if not, file_checker will automatically create one.

3. Star Finder: starcand

Searches star candidates based on GAIA catalog.

• Color : $-0.5 < G_{BP} - G_{RP} < 2.75$
• Error: $\sigma (G) < 0.01$