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Update astrometric imaging pipeline and add calibration data

As discussed in #116 (closed) and in our meeting, add the following data:

  • REF_WAM_CAT with the reference position of the pinholes.
  • WAM_RAW with an observation of the warm astrometric mask. Using different rotation angles.
  • (WAM_CAT with the measured positions of the pinholes. This is probably not necessary as it is used only internally.)
  • DISTORTIONWAM_HDR with the distortion (polynomial coefficients) as derived from the WAM_RAW.
  • STDFIELDASTROM_RAW with an observation of a standard astrometric reference field.
  • DISTORTIONELT_HDR with dispersion of the rest of the ELT.

The AI pipeline should have the following output:

  • A catalog, not a stack, with measured and corrected positions.
  • Distortion corrected images where the distortion correction is applied to the pixels.

The following data items are removed:

  • PSM*_CAT, these are replaced by DISTORTIONWAM_HDR and DISTORTIONELT_HDR.

The difference between standard imaging and astrometric imaging is:

  • In astrometric imaging a distortion is fit per exposure, where in standard imaging the same one is used for every exposure in the same OB.
  • Only the 3 guide stars are used with standard imaging, where with astrometric imaging many more stars will be used.