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Tile detection: adopt MegaPipe (Gwyn) SExtractor parameters - #896

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Aligns workflow/config/cfis/default_tile.sex with the megapipe.sex Stephen Gwyn uses for the CFIS tile catalogues (linked from the MegaPipe processing page), so our tile detection matches the catalogue we are adopting (#832). Data and image sims share this file.

before after (MegaPipe)
DETECT_THRESH / ANALYSIS_THRESH 1.5 1.0
DETECT_MINAREA 5 3
FILTER_NAME default.conv gauss_3.0_7x7.conv (added; config_tile_Sx.ini points at it, since the runner passes -FILTER_NAME)
DEBLEND_MINCONT 0.0005 0.002
BACK_TYPE / BACK_SIZE / BACK_FILTERSIZE MANUAL 0 / 64 / 3 AUTO / 512 / 9
BACKPHOTO_TYPE / THICK GLOBAL / 24 LOCAL / 30

With the previous values SExtractor triggered spuriously on about 10% of grid-placed Sérsic galaxies in the image sims (Fabian); we expect that rate to drop on grid_3 with these, and data-run detection changes accordingly on the next campaign. Not a gate for this PR — see the rapid-iteration note added to CLAUDE.md.

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cailmdaley and others added 3 commits September 16, 2026 18:31
Align default_tile.sex with the CADC megapipe.sex Stephen Gwyn uses for the
UNIONS/CFIS tile catalogues, so our tile detection (data and image sims) matches
the catalogue we are adopting: DETECT_THRESH/ANALYSIS_THRESH 1.0, DETECT_MINAREA
3, gauss_3.0_7x7 filter, DEBLEND_MINCONT 0.002, AUTO background with BACK_SIZE
512 / FILTERSIZE 9, LOCAL BACKPHOTO. With the previous parameters SExtractor
triggered spuriously on about 10% of grid-placed Sersic galaxies in the sims.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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