What is parameter N0, L0, and Q0 in the fitting result?

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What is parameter N0, L0, and Q0 in the fitting result? #8

Closed ridlo closed 1 year ago

ridlo commented 2 years ago

Hi,

I am new to HOPS and exoplanet transit observation, what is parameter N0, L0, and Q0 in the fitting result? I could not find the explanation in the manual/code.

atsiaras commented 1 year ago

Hi, you can find the description in the fitting_output_description.txt file that is saved inside the PHOTOMETRY_APERTURE_FITTING or PHOTOMETRY_GAUS_FITTING directories.

The N0, L0, Q0 are the 0th, 1st and 2nd order coefficient of the de-trending function. In the latest version (v3.1), they have been renamed to c0, c1, c2, respectively