askap-vast / vast-pipeline

This repository holds the code of the Radio Transient detection pipeline for the VAST project.
https://vast-survey.org/vast-pipeline/
MIT License
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Misleading column names in measurements.arrow #603

Open marxide opened 2 years ago

marxide commented 2 years ago

The measurements file contains three columns that I find have misleading names: psf_bmaj, psf_bmin, and psf_pa. The values stored in these columns are the sizes of the Gaussian components after deconvolving with the PSF. The current names make it seem like they are storing the size of the PSF. They should be renamed to e.g. bmaj_deconv, etc. Note that the documentation accurately describes these columns, it's just the names that I find misleading.