profoundFlux2Mag: Convert between fluxes and magnitudes.
In ProFound: Photometry Tools

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Author(s) See Also Examples

Simple functions to concert between magnitudes and flux given a certain magnitude zero-point.

profoundFlux2Mag(flux = 1, magzero = 0)
profoundMag2Flux(mag = 0, magzero = 0)
profoundFlux2SB(flux = 1, magzero = 0, pixscale = 1)
profoundSB2Flux(SB = 0, magzero = 0, pixscale = 1)

`flux`	Numeric scalar/vector; flux in ADUs given the magzero.
`mag`	Numeric scalar/vector; magnitude given the magzero.
`magzero`	Numeric scalar/vector; magnitude zero point. What this implies depends on the magnitude system being used (e.g. AB or Vega).
`SB`	Numeric scalar/vector; surface brightness in mag/asec^2.
`pixscale`	Numeric scalar/vector; the pixel scale, where pixscale=asec/pix (e.g. 0.4 for SDSS). If set to 1, then the output is in terms of pixels, otherwise it is in arcseconds.

These functions are here to prevent silly mistakes, but the conversion is almost trivial.

`profoundFlux2Mag`	Returns the magnitude, where mag = -2.5 * log10(flux) + magzero)
`profoundMag2Flux`	Returns the flux, where flux = 10^(-0.4 * (mag - magzero))