hifv_vlassmasking

hifv_vlassmasking(vis=None, vlass_ql_database=None, maskingmode=None, catalog_search_size=None) → Results[source]

Create clean masks for VLASS Single Epoch (SE) images.

Parameters:

  • vis (str, optional) -- The list of input MeasurementSets. Defaults to the list of MeasurementSets specified in the hifv_importdata task.

  • vlass_ql_database (str) -- vlass_ql_database - usage in Socorro: /home/vlass/packages/VLASS1Q.fits. Path to a PyBDSF sky catalog in FITS format. Default at AOC is '/home/vlass/packages/VLASS1Q.fits'

  • maskingmode (str) -- maskingmode options are vlass-se-tier-1 or vlass-se-tier-2. Two modes are: vlass-se-tier-1 (QL mask) and vlass-se-tier-2 (combined mask)

  • catalog_search_size (float) -- catalog_search_size in units of degrees. The half-width (in degrees) of the catalog search centered on the image's reference pixel.

Returns:

The results object for the pipeline task is returned.

Examples

  1. Basic vlassmasking task:

>>> hifv_vlassmasking()