Calculating LSST limiting magnitudes and SNR

SMTN-002

This technote documents the various m5 calculation tools and explains the traceability of the underlying data/throughput curves.

Links:

• Publication URL: https://smtn-002.lsst.io/
• Alternative editions: https://smtn-002.lsst.io/v
• GitHub repository: https://github.com/lsst-sims/smtn-002
• Build system: https://github.com/lsst-sims/smtn-002/actions/

Build this technical note

You can clone this repository and build the technote locally if your system has Python 3.11 or later:

git clone https://github.com/lsst-sims/smtn-002
cd smtn-002
make init
make html

Repeat the make html command to rebuild the technote after making changes. If you need to delete any intermediate files for a clean build, run make clean.

The built technote is located at _build/html/index.html.

Publishing changes to the web

This technote is published to https://smtn-002.lsst.io/ whenever you push changes to the main branch on GitHub. When you push changes to a another branch, a preview of the technote is published to https://smtn-002.lsst.io/v.

Editing this technical note

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