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Design flaw: combined footprint does not uniquely refer to the right stars #12

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@duxfrederic

The way things are implemented now: a "footprint" in which the stars are found is used as the reference throughout the pipeline for referring back to the stars. (Every table carries a "footprint hash" key)

But this footprint does not include the filtering (which can be changed by user) on stars (magnitude range, max astrometric or photometric noise).

Possible solutions:

  • include the limits in the hash representing the "footprint" (but risk of collision?)
  • find an all new way of referring back to stars, even though everything now is built around querying by the hash of the footprint

First steps:

  • given that the calculation of the hash of the footprint turned out to be the same throughout the pipeline, refactor it to see more clearly

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