Description
Augment the documentation of the distant instruments (SEDInstrument, FrameInstrument, and FullInstrument) to explicitly specify the aperture used in all cases. Specifically, the SEDInstrument embedded in the FullInstrument always uses an infinite aperture radius. Therefore, when interpreting the instrument output for a particular wavelength, spatially integrating the surface brightness recorded by the embedded FrameInstrument might produce a lower flux density value than the one recorded by the embedded SEDInstrument.
Motivation
This (historically inspired) behavior has confused several users because it was not clearly documented.
Description Augment the documentation of the distant instruments (
SEDInstrument,FrameInstrument, andFullInstrument) to explicitly specify the aperture used in all cases. Specifically, theSEDInstrumentembedded in theFullInstrumentalways uses an infinite aperture radius. Therefore, when interpreting the instrument output for a particular wavelength, spatially integrating the surface brightness recorded by the embeddedFrameInstrumentmight produce a lower flux density value than the one recorded by the embeddedSEDInstrument.Motivation This (historically inspired) behavior has confused several users because it was not clearly documented.