SUBPXPAT

Subpixel dither pattern type

NIRCam subpixel dither pattern type. When NIRCam is the only instrument in operation the possible values are limited to STANDARD and SMALL_GRID_DITHER. When NIRCam is prime with MIRI or NIRISS in parallel, many more types are available, such as 2_POINT, 4_POINT, 9_POINT, and _POINT_WITH_MIRI_ and _POINT__WITH_NIRISS, where is the number of subpixel dither points and is the name of the MIRI filter in use.

Attribute Value
data type string
enumerated Values ['STANDARD', 'SMALL_GRID_DITHER', 'NONE', '3_POINT_WITH_MIRI_F560W', '4_POINT_WITH_MIRI_F560W', '2_POINT_WITH_MIRI_F770W', '3_POINT_WITH_MIRI_F770W', '4_POINT_WITH_MIRI_F770W', '9_POINT_WITH_MIRI_F770W', '2_POINT_WITH_MIRI_F1000W', '3_POINT_WITH_MIRI_F1000W', '4_POINT_WITH_MIRI_F1000W', '9_POINT_WITH_MIRI_F1000W', '2_POINT_WITH_MIRI_F1280W', '3_POINT_WITH_MIRI_F1280W', '4_POINT_WITH_MIRI_F1280W', '2_POINT_WITH_MIRI_F1500W', '3_POINT_WITH_MIRI_F1500W', '4_POINT_WITH_MIRI_F1500W', '9_POINT_WITH_MIRI_F1500W', '2_POINT_WITH_MIRI_F1800W', '3_POINT_WITH_MIRI_F1800W', '4_POINT_WITH_MIRI_F1800W', '9_POINT_WITH_MIRI_F1800W', '2_POINT_WITH_MIRI_F2100W', '3_POINT_WITH_MIRI_F2100W', '4_POINT_WITH_MIRI_F2100W', '9_POINT_WITH_MIRI_F2100W', '2_POINT_WITH_MIRI_F2550W', '3_POINT_WITH_MIRI_F2550W', '4_POINT_WITH_MIRI_F2550W', 'NIRCam Only', '2_POINT_LARGE_WITH_NIRISS', '2_POINT_MEDIUM_WITH_NIRISS', '3_POINT_LARGE_WITH_NIRISS', '3_POINT_MEDIUM_WITH_NIRISS', '3_POINT_SMALL_WITH_NIRISS', '4_POINT_LARGE_WITH_NIRISS', '4_POINT_MEDIUM_WITH_NIRISS', '4_POINT_SMALL_WITH_NIRISS', '9_POINT_LARGE_WITH_NIRISS', '9_POINT_MEDIUM_WITH_NIRISS', '2_POINT', '4_POINT', '9_POINT', '9_POINT_MEDIUM_WITH_NIRISS']
units
example STANDARD
default value
special processing OPTIONAL
source Proposal and Planning System (PPS)
software source PPS:dms_dithers_view.subpixel_dither_type
calculation
DB destination ['NircamScience.subpxpat']
data type in DB nvarchar(35)
instrument NIRCAM
mode ['NRC_IMAGE', 'NRC_CORON', 'NRC_WFSS']
product level 1b
FITS hdu PRIMARY
FITS header section Dither