Updates to SimCADO

Data updates

The data files used by SimCADO are continually being updated to reflect the newest information coming from the MICADO work packages.

To update your version of SimCADO, use the simcado.get_extras() command.

2019-09-18

• SimCADO can now correctly perform DITs and NDITS

• Accordingly, OBS_EXPTIME keyword in now OBS_DIT

• Documents updated

2019-07-30

• Several examples added to the notebooks

• Bug fixes to source.elliptical

2019-03-26

• SimCADO can now simulate a field varying PSF. See updated docs

2019-03-14

• pip friendly setup.py

2019-02-19

• Documentation Updated

• Reference spectrum now based on synphot

2018-11-23

• Moved the documentation to ReadTheDocs (finally)

• Added filter plotting functionality

2017-01-31

New stable version available: SimCADO 0.4

2017-01-18

• Added E-ELT mirror transmission curve TC_mirror_EELT.dat

2017-01-05

• VLT mirror coating TC_aluminium.dat

• HAWK-I filter curves: TC_filter_J.dat TC_filter_H.dat TC_filter_Ks.dat TC_filter_Y.dat

• Updated detector layout FPA_chip_layout.dat

2016-11-12

• TC_surface.dat Updated with more optimistic Strehl values for JHK central wavelengths

• TC_mirror_gold.dat Added a reflectivity curve for an unprotected gold coating

• default.config Changed INST_MIRROR_TC to reference TC_mirror_gold.dat

Source Code updates

The current stable version is SimCADO v0.4. The current development version is SimCADO v0.5dev

Development version

2017-01-05 * SimCADO now preloads the transmission curves. Generating an OpticalTrain now only takes ~2 seconds (compared to 20 previously)

2016-12-06 * Added functionality to generate “ideal” AO PSFs using POPPY for the diffraction limited core and added a Seeing halo

2016-11-12 * Bug fix in simcado.psf - psf.lam_bin_centers was taking opt_train.lam_bin_centers instead of using the “WAVE0” keywords in the FITS header * Bug fix in source.psf - apply_optical_train() was asking for PSFs outisde of the opt.train.psf range. related to the point above