Merge pull request #1721 from pypeit/platescale_hotfix

Hotfix: Platescale binning correction
pypeit · Nov 8, 2023 · 058bbfb · 058bbfb
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diff --git a/doc/releases/1.14.1dev.rst b/doc/releases/1.14.1dev.rst
@@ -69,5 +69,8 @@ Bug Fixes
   the sigdetect parameter was a list of all orders, instead of a single value.
 - Fixed a bug with the GUI ``pypeit_skysub_regions``. Previously, the calib header
   information was not included, and this led to a calibration error.
+- Corrected the binning scaling for BOXCAR_RADIUS in the object-finding algorithm.
+  Previously, the platescale was multiplied by the *spectral* binning and not the
+  *spatial* binning.
 
 
diff --git a/pypeit/find_objects.py b/pypeit/find_objects.py
@@ -694,8 +694,8 @@ def get_platescale(self, slitord_id=None):
             :obj:`float`: plate scale in binned pixels
 
         """
-        bin_spec, bin_spat = parse.parse_binning(self.binning)
-        return self.sciImg.detector.platescale * bin_spec
+        _, bin_spat = parse.parse_binning(self.binning)
+        return self.sciImg.detector.platescale * bin_spat
 
     def find_objects_pypeline(self, image, ivar, std_trace=None,
                               manual_extract_dict=None,