| parameter name | default value | description |
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| a7 | 0.0 | non-linear term for sky to pixel projection |
| arcsecPerPixel | 0.1 | pixel size in arcseconds |
| baseFileName | defaultMakePixeledImage | output file will be have .fit appended to this name |
| catalogSeedIndex | 3 | controls the random number tree that defines the truth catalog |
| colRef | 250 | reference column position in the detector |
| countsPerSecondAt20th | 1000 | the number of counts/second for the telescope+filter+dector for a 20th magnitude object |
| decBore | 30.0 | declination of the center of the focal plane |
| detectorRotationDegrees | 0.0 | rotation of the detector around its reference posision |
| detectorXPositionMeters | 0.0 | location of the detector reference row,col position in the X direction (meters) |
| detectorYPositionMeters | 0.0 | location of the detector reference row,col position in the X direction (meters) |
| doPoisson | true | whether to add poisson noise to the image |
| expTime | 100 | exposure time in seconds |
| filterName | pegase-r | the name of the filter |
| gridAbsMags | 19 | absolute magnitude of all grid objects |
| gridCenterDecs | 30.0 | declination (degrees) of the grid of objects |
| gridCenterRas | 20.0 | right ascension (degrees) of the grid of objects |
| gridDeltaArcsecs | 30 | separation in arcseconds between grid objects |
| gridDistancesAreRedshifts | false | distances are in redshifts (if true) or pc (if false) |
| gridLfBandpass | pegase-r | filter that defines the luminosity of grid objects |
| gridObjectReferenceRedshifts | 10 | distance to grid objects |
| gridObjectShapes | profile gauss 0.0 0.0 15 | defines the shape of grid objects: profile ellipticity theta nShapeletOrders |
| gridObjectSizeArcsecs | 0.5 | scale length of grid objects in arcseconds |
| gridSEDNames | CWW_E_ext | spectrum of grid objects |
| gridSizes | 3 | diameter of grid, in number of objects |
| ImageRepositoryDirectory | . | where to write the answer |
| luminosityFunctionNames | ObjectGrid | ObjectGrid for a grid of objects; Zucca for galaxies |
| maxRedshifts | 10.0 | redshift maximum for objects (use 1.0 for Zucca) |
| metersPerPixel | 25e-6 | pixel size in meters |
| minRedshifts | 10.0 | redshift minimum for objects (use 0.01 for Zucca) |
| nCol | 500 | number of columns in the detector |
| noiseSeedIndex | 4 | defines the tree of random numbers for poisson and read noise |
| nRow | 500 | number of rows in the detector |
| pixelSizeArcseconds | 0.25 | size of the pixels in arcseconds |
| psfFileName | null | file name for PSF convolution kernel |
| raBore | 20.0 | right ascension of the center of the focal plane (degrees) |
| readNoiseElectrons | 0.0 | read noise in electrons |
| rowRef | 250 | reference row in the detector |
| skyMagPerArcsec2 | 25.0 | sky brightness |