Important notice

This is the important notice for hscPipe version 5.4. Please read it if you have already experienced hscPipe4 or earlier.

Filter information

The filters supported by hscPipe 5.4 are limited. Please check the detailed information in hscPipe5 support filter list.

Masked CCD/pixcel

For some CCDs which have hardware failure, the fault CCDs/pixels are masked in hscPipe by default. Those CCDs’ information is summarized in Masked CCD.

Differences between hscPipe 4 and 5

Regarding the change of command name, please refer to the tutorial. The other significant differences are described below.

• The format of reference catalog has been changed.

  In hscPipe4 or earlier, we accepted the astrometry_net_data format, but from hscPipe 5.4 we have chosen the LSST one.

• No need to setup astrometry catalog.

  In hscPipe4 or earlier, setup astrometry_net_data command should be executed when you login to the machine. However, you do not need to run the setup command, instead, you have to create a link to the directory storing reference catalogs.

• PSF matched photometry is performed in multiband analysis.

  In multiband analysis (multiBandDriver.py), the PSF matched photometry is carried out. It can generate the photometry using same seeing in all bands. Please read Multiband analysis for detailed information.

• The field name of created catalogs are significantly changed.

  For example, please check Schema file of forced_src. If you don’t get enough information, please contact Helpdesk.

• The forced CCD analysis is not incorporated into hscPipe5.

  If you want to run forced CCD task, please use hscPipe4.

• Some additional packages for hscPipe4 does not work in hscPipe5.

  The additional packages (global sky subtraction and removal of ghosts and satellite trails) can be used only in hscPipe4.