When generating the catalogs, we do perform some modest filtering of sources:
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Sources with declination < -20 degrees are excluded.
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Sources without flux measurements on both sides of the CHIME band are excluded.
So the catalogs are relevant to northern hemisphere experiments operating in the CHIME band. I could generate new catalogs without these filters. Removing (1) is straightforward and will simply increase the catalog size. For (2), we could handle cases requiring extrapolation by raising a warning or error when flux is requested at a frequency outside the measured range.
I wasn’t aware of hfbcat before. From looking at the code, it seems logical to group it with fluxcat in the new repository, but I’ll defer to @rikvl and @arashcosmology for the final decision.
Originally posted by @ssiegelx in #89
The HFB catalog uses the following filtering:
- Sources with declination < -10 are excluded
- Absorption features that fall outside the CHIME band are excluded
- Absorption features that fall in RFI bands at first light are excluded
I think I can regenerate the "HFB target list" and maybe also give it a more appropriate name.
Originally posted by @ssiegelx in #89
The HFB catalog uses the following filtering:
I think I can regenerate the "HFB target list" and maybe also give it a more appropriate name.