RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup / RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata
Implement support for reading CST beam files with phi ranging from -180 to 180.
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Description
In the default configuration for CST's exported beam files, the phi/azimuthal angle ranges from 0 to 360 degrees. There is an option to export it as -180 to 180 degrees, and ECHO would like to do so for our current analysis. Would this be possible to implement?
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Research direction
Start by locating the Python reader for CST exported beam files and the parsing or validation logic for the phi/azimuthal angle range. Compare handling of the existing 0–360-degree format with the requested -180–180-degree format, then add coverage showing that files using the alternate range are read correctly.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- data
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100