This PR introduces the instrument module. This module defines an Instrument (a class for collecting together properties of a particular instrument, e.g. filters, resolution, PSF, spectroscopy wavelengths, noise, etc.), and an InstrumentCollection for collecting together Instruments.
This functionality lays the foundation for the future Survey pipeline functionality. Additionally, should the user want to use the existing lower-level functionality it enables the portability of instrument properties without carrying around a bunch of variables for each instrument.
Note that this PR moves the filters module to be a submodule of the instrument module. A bridge module has replaced the original filters module, raising a deprecation warning when imported through.
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This PR introduces the
instrumentmodule. This module defines anInstrument(a class for collecting together properties of a particular instrument, e.g. filters, resolution, PSF, spectroscopy wavelengths, noise, etc.), and anInstrumentCollectionfor collecting togetherInstruments.This functionality lays the foundation for the future
Surveypipeline functionality. Additionally, should the user want to use the existing lower-level functionality it enables the portability of instrument properties without carrying around a bunch of variables for each instrument.Note that this PR moves the
filtersmodule to be a submodule of theinstrumentmodule. A bridge module has replaced the originalfiltersmodule, raising a deprecation warning when imported through.Issue Type
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