simulate_counts_generic

romanisim.image.simulate_counts_generic(image, exptime, objlist=None, psf=None, zpflux=None, sky=None, dark=None, qe=None, xpos=None, ypos=None, ignore_distant_sources=10, bandpass=None, filter_name=None, rng=None, seed=None, **kwargs)

Add some simulated counts to an image.

This routine intends to need to know nothing about Roman specifically. To do this, we need to have an image to start with with an attached WCS. We also need an exposure time and potentially a zpflux so we know how to translate between the catalog fluxes and the electrons entering the image. For chromatic rendering, this role is instead played by the bandpass, though the exposure time is still needed to handle that part of the conversion from flux to electrons.

Then there are a few individual components that can be added on to an image:

objlist: a list of CatalogObjects to render, or a Table. Can be chromatic or not. This will have all your normal PSF and galaxy profiles.
sky: a sky background model. This is different from a dark in that it is sensitive to the quantum efficiency (QE).
dark: a dark model.
qe: relative quantum efficiency for modulating the object and sky electrons

Parameters:

imagegalsim.Image: Image onto which other effects should be added, with associated WCS.
exptimefloat: Exposure time
objlistlist[CatalogObject], Table, or None: Sources to render
psfgalsim.Profile: PSF to use when rendering sources
zpfluxfloat: For non-chromatic profiles, the factor converting flux to electrons / s.
skyfloat or array_like: Image or constant with the electrons / pix / sec from sky.
darkfloat or array_like: Image or constant with the electrons / pix / sec from dark current.
qearray_like: Image giving the relative QE of different pixels.
xpos, yposarray_like (float): x, y positions of each source in objlist
ignore_distant_sourcesint: Ignore sources more than this distance off image.
bandpassgalsim.Bandpass: bandpass to use for rendering chromatic objects
filter_namestr: name of filter (used to look up flux in achromatic case)
rnggalsim.BaseDeviate: random number generator
seedint: seed for random number generator

Returns:

objinfonp.ndarray: Information on position and flux of each rendered source.