== PGC55 == pgc55 RA: 0.15583 Dec: 33.60094 Ra = 0.67 (arcmin) Rb = 0.20 (arcmin) PA = 13.12 (degrees) # position angle (PA) [Degrees: Up=0, Left=90]" {{{ run_sex ./run_sex.csh pgc55_g 0.15583 33.60094 }}} = SExtractor first outputs = ||filter || RA || DEC || MAG || Re || Ra || Rb || b/a || PA || || || deg || deg || mag || arcmin || arcmin || arcmin || || deg || || pgc55_u || 0.1555 || 33.6014 || 17.03 || 0.17 || 0.75 || 0.20 || 0.27 || 9.30 || || pgc55_g || 0.1555 || 33.6013 || 16.10 || 0.15 || 0.67 || 0.20 || 0.30 || 13.12 || || pgc55_r || 0.1555 || 33.6012 || 15.74 || 0.15 || 0.63 || 0.20 || 0.31 || 13.20 || || pgc55_i || 0.1555 || 33.6012 || 15.53 || 0.14 || 0.65 || 0.20 || 0.31 || 13.53 || || pgc55_z || 0.1555 || 33.6012 || 15.61 || 0.12 || 0.50 || 0.14 || 0.28 || 12.21 || GLGA-qa {{{ minskywid = 27. / as_pix ; 27 arcsec is minimum sky width factor = 1.5 ; 1.5 default skyinner = factor*semimajor skyouter = semimajor*sqrt(1+factor^2) > (skyinner+minskywid) Sigma multiplier for thresshold (default = 2.5): 2.0 Magnitude faint limit (default = 24.0): 25 }}} I increased the aperture size, until the difference between APR and ASY magnitudes are less than 0.05 mag. = SKY = * u {{{ final sky/px, skyerr/px [mJy/px]: 0.00068215 0.00010009 final musky, muskyerr [AB mag/as^2]: 22.304 0.159 }}} * g {{{ final sky/px, skyerr/px [mJy/px]: 0.00083100 0.00003426 final musky, muskyerr [AB mag/as^2]: 22.090 0.045 }}} * r {{{ final sky/px, skyerr/px [mJy/px]: 0.00194121 0.00005404 final musky, muskyerr [AB mag/as^2]: 21.168 0.030 }}} * i {{{ final sky/px, skyerr/px [mJy/px]: 0.00371400 0.00009490 final musky, muskyerr [AB mag/as^2]: 20.464 0.028 }}} * z {{{ final sky/px, skyerr/px [mJy/px]: 0.01061923 0.00031765 final musky, muskyerr [AB mag/as^2]: 19.323 0.032 }}} [[Image(pgc55_sdss_profile.jpg)]] [[Image(pgc55_sdss_images.jpg)]] ---- = Changing the sky aperture = Now, I keep everything the same but the size of the inner aperture {{{ minskywid = 27. / as_pix ; 27 arcsec is minimum sky width factor = 2.0 ; 1.5 default skyinner = factor*semimajor skyouter = semimajor*sqrt(1+factor^2) > (skyinner+minskywid) }}}